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Anonymous ID: 05a3a2 Aug. 21, 2021, 10:37 a.m. No.14416593   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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>This one says they've got until Sept 30 for FDA approval, or else the govt can get out of their contracts with Pfizer.

 

The F.D.A. is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer’s Covid vaccine on Monday.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/21/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

Anonymous ID: 05a3a2 Aug. 21, 2021, 11:28 a.m. No.14416893   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6943 >>6965 >>7006 >>7095 >>7281

They moved up the date.

 

5 good reasons for the FDA to give full approval to COVID-19 vaccines: Analysis

 

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will roll out COVID-19 booster shots for many Americans starting in mid-September. But there's another date that many are anticipating.

 

As early as this coming week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to give full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine – the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to receive that endorsement.

 

The FDA's approval might seem like a minor technical move to some. But full approval of all three COVID-19 vaccines is an important step that can make a difference in reducing COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, improving health care delivery and saving lives.

 

Here's why:

 

  1. The approval will empower health care professionals to address the myth of "experimental vaccines."

 

All three vaccines currently have what's called "emergency use authorization" (EUA), which the FDA uses as a means to quickly give people access to potentially lifesaving medicines during a national crisis. Somehow, "emergency use" has been confused with "experimental."

 

As physicians and epidemiologists who have treated COVID-19 patients, it's frustrating that what amounts to a rather minor, somewhat bureaucratic detail is being used by people as justification not to get a vaccine that can save their lives and the lives of the people around them. More than 358 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been safely administered in the U.S. – and the incidence of complications as a result of the vaccines is minimal.

 

The good news: According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study, three in ten unvaccinated adults say they'd be more likely to get vaccinated if the vaccines currently authorized for emergency use were to receive full approval from the FDA. So if full FDA approval is what it takes for millions of people to put away their skepticism and get vaccinated, we're all for it.

 

Furthermore, for those for whom FDA approval isn’t the real reason but a convenient excuse, clinicians may uncover more information about what is holding individuals back from getting vaccinated.

 

  1. Approval of the vaccines will get more kids vaccinated.

 

Schools across the country are open. Millions of school-age children are now learning indoors. According to another KFF study, about one-quarter of parents of kids aged 12-17 say they'll "wait and see" how the vaccine works before getting their eligible child vaccinated. One in five parents say that their child will "definitely not" get vaccinated.

 

  1. Approval will provide us with longer-term safety data.

  2. Approval will provide employers with greater authority to mandate vaccines

  3. Approval will allow the prescribing of vaccines for "off-label" use.

 

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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/5-good-reasons-fda-full-090000038.html