In August, President Biden announced his plan to get booster shots into arms as early as September 20 to fight back against the coronavirus.
An FDA advisory panel is scheduled to meet on Friday to discuss and vote on Pfizer’s vaccine booster shots. In August, President Biden announced his plan to get booster shots into arms as early as September 20 to fight back against the coronavirus. But getting the a third shot before that date is an uphill battle. Pfizer said studies show people who received a booster shot six to eight months after their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine tripled their antibodies — increasing protection against mild infection and the contagious Delta variant. Experts like Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, say they believe that based off publicly available data, it does appear that a third shot is safe and effective. “I think people who are vulnerable, people who are older, people with chronic diseases, immunocompromised, they would benefit from a third shot.
