Americans as young as 5 can get a COVID-19 vaccine booster after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 17 expanded emergency authorization for Pfizer’s shot.
The regulatory agency expanded clearance of a third Pfizer shot to children aged 5 to 11 at least five months after their second dose.
The extra shot is needed because of waning protection from the primary series, which is two doses, Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
The decision drew some criticism.
“There is no evidence that children 5-11 years old need a booster shot of the vaccine, nor of demonstrated benefit,” Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco, told The Epoch Times via email….
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