FDA panel approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots...

[rlvaughn]

FDA panel approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots only for people 65 and older or at high risk

After hours of discussion and a request to revise the question they were being asked, a key federal advisory committee on Friday agreed to a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine six months after full vaccination for people aged 65 and older and those at high risk of severe COVID-19.

The initial question, posed by Pfizer, would have made the booster available to everyone aged 16 and up.

There isn’t yet sufficient evidence to show boosters for people under 65 are necessary, said members of the Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.

 

[Scott Downey]

The FDA, CDC say they are not bound by the FDA panel vote!
They can still do what they want, next week they are scheduling boosters.

FDA Panel Votes Against Pfizer's COVID Booster for Everyone, Recommends It for People 65 and Older

“We are not bound at FDA by your vote, just so you understand that. We can tweak this as need be,” Dr. Peter Marks, the agency’s top vaccine official, said after the votes were cast.


AND, the booster rollout is still on until it isn't.

It’s not clear when a final FDA decision could come on booster doses, while the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has scheduled a meeting next week to distribute boosters around the U.S. The Epoch Times has contacted the FDA for comment.

 

[Scott Downey]

Maybe they will also approve the shot for infants and kids, AGAINST their own FDA panel decision!

Biden says 'we follow the science', sure you do bud!
You follow the science until it interferes with your plans.
Politics, it is all politics, it was never about anything else.

 

[JonC]

The booster rollout has been canceled, though.

Israel found that the vaccine effectiveness decreases over time but remains effective and therefore a 3rd shot may not be necessary for most....at least not now.

 

[JonC]

Maybe they will also approve the shot for infants and kids, AGAINST their own FDA panel decision!

Biden says 'we follow the science', sure you do bud!
You follow the science until it interferes with your plans.
Politics, it is all politics, it was never about anything else.

They will most likely continue to abide within FDA guidance.

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

I think it's only a matter of time. Boosters are coming for everyone.

 

[JonC]

I think it's only a matter of time. Boosters are coming for everyone.

I think so too....depending on FDA approval.