UPDATE: CDC director signs off on Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots for children ages 5 to 11
The CDC's independent advisory committee gave the green light for Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots Thursday evening.
"We have the tools we need to protect these people from severe disease, and to prevent any more tragic deaths," Walensky said during brief remarks at the beginning of the meeting."It's important for us to anticipate where this pandemic is moving and deploy the tools we have where they will have the greatest impact."
Pfizer asked the FDA in April to authorize its booster vaccines for younger children, after it submitted data that indicated their shot was safe and generated a strong immune response. Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization after doses for children ages 5 to 11 years old hovered around 68%, to a median of 37 days after the second dose, while effectiveness stood around 51% in adolescents.
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