News Johnson & Johnson vaccine gets CDC thumbs-up; Fauci says easing restrictions is ‘risky’ as decline in cases stalls: Live coronavirus updates February 28, 2021 Jordan Culver, John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Comments Off on Johnson & Johnson vaccine gets CDC thumbs-up; Fauci says easing restrictions is ‘risky’ as decline in cases stalls: Live coronavirus updates An advisory committee to the CDC voted unanimously to recommend the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday.