From News Nation:
“FDA grants full approval to
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine”
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a
milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation
battles the most contagious coronavirus mutation yet. The approval could boost
the vaccination campaign by convincing more unvaccinated Americans that
Pfizer’s shot is safe and effective and also make officials more comfortable in
implementing vaccine mandates. Vaccine hesitancy has been a major hurdle to the
White House’s goal of getting all eligible Americans vaccinated against the
coronavirus. “While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19
vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now
instill additional confidence to get vaccinated. Today’s milestone puts us one
step closer to altering the course of this pandemic in the U.S.,” said Acting
FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D. U.S. vaccinations bottomed out in July.
As the delta variant fills hospital beds, shots are on the rise again — with a
million a day given Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Just over half of the U.S. population is
fully vaccinated with one of the country’s three options, from Pfizer, Moderna
or Johnson & Johnson.
The U.S. is the first country to
fully approve the shot, according to Pfizer, and CEO Albert Bourla said in a
statement he hoped the decision “will help increase confidence in our vaccine,
as vaccination remains the best tool we have to help protect lives.” Full
approval of Pfizer’s shot now makes it easier for physicians to prescribe a
third booster shot to people who could benefit from an additional dose. The FDA
already is allowing emergency use of a third dose of either the Pfizer or
Moderna vaccine for people with severely weakened immune systems, such as organ
transplant recipients who don’t respond as strongly to the usual two shots. For
everyone else who got those vaccinations, the Biden administration is planning
ahead for booster starting in the fall — if the FDA and CDC agree. Some
experts, including at the World Health Organization, say there is not yet
enough data to be certain that boosters are needed. Pfizer’s vaccine was
authorized for emergency use in December and more than 203 million people in
the United States have so far received it. The Pentagon said Monday that it
will issue guidance to make vaccine mandatory for the military now that the
Pfizer vaccine is approved.
^ So now all the screaming
anti-Vaxxers that said they wouldn't take the Vaccine until it was fully
approved can stop their screaming and go get pricked. I'm sure they won't. I'm
sure they won't stop screaming either. I'm also sure they will get Covid and be
hospitalized and possibly die - still screaming (if the ventilator lets them in
their final moments.) ^
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