FDA Officially Approves Pfizer Booster For 65 & Up, High Risk Categories; 3rd Shot For Others Still On Ice – Update

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FDA Officially Approves Pfizer Booster For 65 & Up, High Risk Categories; 3rd Shot For Others Still On Ice – Update
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UPDATE, 5:08 PM: Less than a week after an advisory panel to Food and Drug Administration rejected an application for wide-spread booster shots of of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, but gave the thumbs…

➡️ 18-64 years old at high risk of severe COVID-19

As well as viewing the booster data in question from Israel as lacking the parameters to be pertinent in the United States, with its far larger and diverse population, Friday’s initial decision was based on concerns about safety in the general population with an additional jab. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director & White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr.tried to put the best face on the situation in an interview with CNBC this afternoon. “There’s still a lot ahead even though we have one element of the decision, not the decision but the recommendation, and the vote which as I mentioned it’s not totally surprising,” Dr. Fauci told’s Meg Tirrelll today. “I think the critical issue is at what age will be the cut off, if any.

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