FDA approves Moderna ((and now Pfizer)) booster for all US adults

[nitpicker]

At least according to Bloomberg radio.

((looked but couldn't find any print media stories yet))

Finally got a link:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/fda-clears-modernas-covid-vaccine-booster-shots-for-all-us-adults.html

And Bloomberg radio just announced they followed suit with the Pfizer booster ((no link yet)).

((now an update link

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582323-fda-authorizes-pfizer-moderna-boosters-for-all-adults ))

[redwitch]

1. Thank goodness!

I got mine yesterday.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Got mine three weeks ago!

[EarlG]

3. Getting mine this evening!

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Strelnikov_]

5. Should have did it a month ago, or more

Following addresses Pfizer approval, but points are still valid IMHO.


On Covid-19 booster shots, the FDA has overstepped its role

https://www.statnews.com/2021/10/18/booster-shots-fda-overstepped-role/

The FDA, in judging who most needs a booster, is arrogating powers it does not have. If approval for those over 65 is a “no-brainer,” as the FDA’s top vaccine official, Peter Marks stated, and reduces the Covid-19 risk for them and health care workers, so too for everyone else. Safety is the same. Efficacy is the same. Younger people face lower absolute risk from Covid-19 but deciding on vaccine priority is not the FDA’s role.

The FDA is a science agency, not a policy agency. It is required by law to approve a booster shot if it is safe (this is not in reasonable dispute) and effective, a threshold normally satisfied by being non-inferior to the original, approved vaccine (also not in dispute). As Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Kaiser Health News, “there’s very little doubt that the boosters will be beneficial. The Israelis already have that data in spades. They boost, they get an increase by tenfold in the protection against infection and severe disease.”

Limited access to boosters means more infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. The Covid-19-related death rate in the U.S., already at the top of the scale among advanced economies, will rise further. The economy will underperform as people stay home due to fear of infection.

[mnhtnbb]

6. Got my Moderna booster yesterday

at my doc's office. Sore arm, but nothing else. Did conk out early last night, but then I was wide awake at 1:30 am and quite delighted to watch the lunar eclipse for several hours from my living room couch. Back to sleep for a bit, then caught the moon setting.

See my photos https://www.democraticunderground.com/103693913

[Wounded Bear]

7. Good news for me. VA has not been giving boosters for Clan Moderna yet...

now I'll be waiting for their call. Hopefully soon.