, two administration officials said.
The Biden administration has repeatedly downplayed the need for additional shots, wary of undermining confidence in the vaccines and getting ahead of definitive evidence that boosters will be required. The CDC and FDA jointly rebuked Pfizer’s announcement, asserting that "Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster at this time.”
The official said there is a recognition that immunity is waning among high-risk people, whose immune systems were generally weaker to begin with. But questions remain about how significant any decrease in protection has been, and whether Covid-19 infections have begun to increase in high-risk but fully vaccinated people — such as elderly nursing home residents and people who are immunocompromised, including transplant recipients.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that any determination on booster shots would be made by the the government’s health agencies. Three officials said there is reluctance across the health department to present any booster plan without hard evidence from the vaccine makers that an extra shot can provide a meaningful benefit. Multiple companies have booster shots in ongoing clinical trials — some funded by the NIH — and Johnson & Johnson is expected to share data this month on whether a a second dose of its one-shot vaccine provides stronger protection.
boo$ter $hots...there, fixed it for u
All the shots did for me on side effects was make me want to cook all day..so the entire family is like boosters, when?
Fact check please .. Pfizer said this not Biden Admin Health officials but good try ! Fact checking takes a minute ..