PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE FULLY APPROVED BY FDA
WASHINGTON — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could lift public confidence in the shots and spur more companies, universities and local governments to make vaccinations mandatory.
The Pentagon immediately announced it will press ahead with plans to require members of the military to get the vaccine.
The formula made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety.
More than 200 million Pfizer doses have been administered in the U.S. — and hundreds of millions more worldwide — since December. But up to now, they were dispensed in this country under what is known as emergency use authorization from the FDA
Jerry Trotter
August 23, 2021 at 4:08 pm
When can I get the booster? I got the Pfizer last January
Anonymous
August 23, 2021 at 7:02 pm
Yeah, no thanks!
Anonymous
August 24, 2021 at 6:29 am
Got my third dose at Cumberland County Health Dept. this past Friday
Greg B
August 26, 2021 at 10:05 am
The dose that everyone got is not *exactly* the one that got approved. This footnote from the FDA’s approval letter:
8 The licensed vaccine has the same formulation as the EUA-authorized vaccine and the products can be used
interchangeably to provide the vaccination series without presenting any safety or effectiveness concerns. The
products are legally distinct with certain differences that do not impact safety or effectiveness.
…. “Legally distinct with certain differences”
So no, the Pfizer vaccine that everyone got is NOT the one that was FDA approved.
Anonymous
August 27, 2021 at 3:38 am
Yeah, right. After only 18 months of testing? Ask your health care provider what the possible “long term” side effects might possibly be; I have, and have been told “they do not know”.
There are FDA approved drugs on the market today, some for more than a decade, and are now known to be cancer causing agents, and some that STILL do not have complete known side-effects. Have you ever asked your doctor about ALL the possible side effects of the drugs they’re prescribing you; or, listened to the “fast talking” side effects disclaimers on drug advertising? Most of the side effects, include serious repercussions, cancer or even death, effects that are worse than the disease. Pharmaceutical companies are not in business to find cures, or prevent illness, for ANYTHING; they are are in business to make money, nothing more, and cures are bad for business. Most drugs do nothing more than treat the symptoms of one disease, or illness, and often create other issues and problems…which guess what? cause the need to prescribe additional medications to counter-act the original medication.