The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from the United States, acknowledged this Sunday -September 26- that there is confusion in the North American country about who should receive a reinforcement of the vaccine against him Covid-19.
For starters, the boosters approved last week will only be for people originally vaccinated with Pfizer, and your business partner, BioNTech.
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Last week, the director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, endorsed most of the recommendations of that agency’s advisers on the administration of boosters six months after the last dose of Pfizer for certain groups of people.
That includes people 65 and older, nursing home residents, and people 50-64 with chronic health problems like diabetes. Those over 18 with health problems can decide for themselves if they want a booster.
But Walensky also ignored the counselors’ objections, saying that people at higher risk of infection due to their jobs or living conditions could qualify for a booster now. That includes doctors, teachers, and people in prisons or homeless shelters.
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“I recognize that confusion at this point,” Walensky told CBS’s “Face the Nation” show.
“We are evaluating this science in real time, ”he said. “Now we meet every few weeks to evaluate the science. It is quite possible that science will show that the rest of the population needs a boost and we will provide those guidelines as soon as we have science to inform them.
The expert also clarified that reinforcements are not yet authorized for vaccines of Modern O Johnson & Johnson.
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