The CDC has now recommended Pfizer boosters for everyone over the age of 12, paving the way for the first shots to go into arms on Thursday morning.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recent isolation and quarantine guidelines but did not add the recommendation to test after five days of isolation.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer boosters for adolescents ages 12 to 15 on Wednesday night, paving the way for the first shots to go into arms Thursday morning.
Boosters for young adolescents may"reduce the potential for a child to be positive or to be infected," said Dr. Amanda Cohn, senior adviser for vaccines at CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and could have"an immeasurable impact on the well being of these kids." The focus should still be aimed at getting those unvaccinated kids vaccinated, said Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot, a panel member and medical professor at Vanderbilt University.
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