The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director emphasized that the situation is still evolving as new data rolls in.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that while he supports a Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) advisory committee’s recent rejection of COVID-19 booster shots for most Americans, he would back such jabs in the future under certain conditions. “I don’t think they made a mistake,” Fauci said during an appearance on CNN ‘s State of the Union. “We would want to plan for the possibility of vaccinating all those who have gotten their initial vaccination with Pfizer, and it was always pending the evaluation of all of the totality of the data from the United States, from Israel, and any bit of data that we could get, by the advisory committee to the FDA.” On Friday, the panel for the FDA voted 16 to 3 not to approve Pfizer’s request to add a third booster shot to its COVID-19 vaccination regimen for Americans aged 16 and older. The decision was attributed to a lack of sufficient data to support the need for more shots for all.
