Pfizer, U.S. health officials to discuss COVID-19 boosters

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The meeting comes days after Pfizer announced plans to seek U.S. and European regulatory approval for a third dose of their COVID-19 shot amid the spread of variants

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.vaccine maker Pfizer Inc will meet with federal health officials as soon as Monday to discuss the need for a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine as it prepares to seek authorization, the company said on Sunday.

That push prompted a quick response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying Americans do not need a booster right now.On Monday, Pfizer is scheduled to meet with representatives of the FDA, a company spokesperson said. The meeting was first reported by the Washington Post.

Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser who also directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as well as the heads of the National Institutes of Health and the CDC were also among those invited to the briefing, which could move to another day, according to the Post’s report.

Despite the FDA and CDC’s statement, “that doesn’t mean that we’re not very, very actively following and gathering all of this information to see if and when we might need it and if and when we do, we’ll have everything in place to do it.”U.S. health officials are still struggling to get people in some areas to receive their initial inoculations as the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to be the nation’s dominant strain, with COVID-19 cases rising mostly among the unvaccinated.

 

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Pfizer seems in a bit of a panic racing for another EUA… considering all the data cobweb collecting at VAERS and being completely ignored by “the science” …one can only cringe in anticipation of what catastrophic effect a 3rd booster may have.

Heh...no word about Trudeau... Wonder why...

They should sue Pfizer..

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