An FDA advisory panel meeting tomorrow could start a reset of how the U.S. approaches its COVID-19 vaccine strategy.
The agency has sent signs they want to move from the on-the-fly response that's, at times, left the public confused toThe outside experts first have to decide whether to go to a single shot that will make a person "fully vaccinated."
Previous recommendations may have been less effective by not being focused on high-risk individuals, such as the elderly or those with pre-existing health conditions, committee member Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told Axios. He wants to see data about whether it's necessary for broad booster recommendations.
Offit said he's intrigued to see more data on the latter strategy, particularly after data presented by Pfizer last summer indicated it might've induced more protection against Omicron.
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