The city’s longtime mayor, Democrat Mike Duggan, rejected a shipment of 6,200 single-dose vaccines from J&J, claiming that Detroit’s demand was already being met and that the vaccine was not as good as those of Pfizer and Moderna.
During a news conference on Thursday, Duggan said that while “Johnson & Johnson is a very good vaccine”, the two from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were “the best”.
“And I will do everything I can to ensure that Detroit city residents get the best,” said Duggan.
The mayor also said “Source