Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday (Jan 26) unanimously voted in favour of targeting the same coronavirus strain for initial Covid-19 vaccine doses and boosters going forward, but some expressed scepticism about whether all Americans need to receive the shots annually. The agency is trying to simplify its Covid-19 vaccine policy as it considers whether to...
The agency is trying to simplify its Covid-19 vaccine policy and considers recommending Americans get an annual booster shot.Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favour of targeting the same coronavirus strain for initial Covid-19 vaccine doses and boosters going forward, but some expressed scepticism about whether all Americans need to receive the shots annually.
"We're in a very different place. We have a lot of population immunity," said Hayley Gans, professor of pediatrics at Stanford University Medical Center. "Now that people are immune, how long does that last?" The FDA advisory group unanimously backed using those shots for the primary series for those who have yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as well.
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