Good Morning AmericaThe FDA's approval might seem like a minor technical move to some. All three vaccines currently have what's called "emergency use authorization" , which the FDA uses as a means to quickly give people access to potentially lifesaving medicines during a national crisis. 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.
Healthy and in their 30s, Christina and Josh Tidmore figured they were low-risk for COVID-19. On July 20, Josh came home from work with a slight cough initially thought to be sinus trouble. On Aug. 11, he died of COVID-19 at a north Alabama hospital as Christina Tidmore witnessed a doctor and her team frantically try to resuscitate her husband.