Pfizer/BioNTech to ask FDA to authorize COVID boosters for 16 and 17 year olds
$Pfizer(PFE.US$ and its partner $BioNTech(BNTX.US$ plan to ask the FDA in the next few days to authorize booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine for 16 and 17 year olds, The Washington Post reports.
Two sources told the newspaper that the agency is expected to quickly sign off on the request.
New data from Israel on boosters in this age group is said to have reassured the FDA that cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, in men is very rare.
The CDC today said that all adults 18 and over should get a booster shot in light of the potential impact of the Omicron variant.
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Dr Wickers : England is now saying boosters after only 3 months. Soon it will be a monthly subscription model. The "safe and effective" vaccine narrative has completely fallen about. Only the truly blind and ideological can't see it.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-uk-adults-offered-covid-25572885
FreyatheFre Dr Wickers: So let me get this straight, this is a drug manufacturer-induced ploy - not a pandemic. brilliantly stupid concept.
Timothy Roberts : This isn't about the science. What about all the people in Africa who haven't gotten a dose yet??? They are wasting it on young healthy people who don't need it.
643YVeALhF : Problem is current vaccines don't work or protect against Omicron virus.
ETF Hub 643YVeALhF: Omicron is a gift for Christmas. It's not lethal. Once you survive omicron you don't need a vaccine. You have natural immunity. The pandemic is scheduled to end January 4, 2022.
ZenBunny5 643YVeALhF: LOL the first media scare piece came out days ago…you know this how? Stop making shit up.
PunditSage ZenBunny5: It worked so poorly against the Delta variant the CDC had to change the definition of what a vaccine is. Why would you think it works against the latest strain??
CuryNeil ZenBunny5: right! wishful thinking trumps science and reality for god sakes, people! get with the program
goooobro : Have fun with a lifetime of heart issues...
YCUMO goooobro: This is an across-the-board known fact huh?
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