Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA Commissioner, said on Sunday that he doesn't believe schools should require booster shots.
I don't think schools should mandating boosters. Gottlieb said in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" that this should be left to the discretion of parents and their doctors.
The risk that the child is facing will depend on the individual circumstances. Are they more likely to come in contact with the infection in a setting where they are more familiar with it? Do they have underlying health conditions that put them at increased risk of bad outcomes? Gottlieb continued.
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The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were given the green light by the Food and Drug Administration in November.
The FDA is expected to make an announcement this week about expanding eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots to children between the ages of 12 and 15.
The Omicron variant continues to spread across the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Omicron variant is responsible for about half of the recent COVID-19 cases.
The most contagious strain of the virus is believed to be the variant. The booster shot reduces the risk of hospitalization by 86 percent if you get it within two weeks.
Kids are going to the hospital in droves because of the omicron variant.
The highest spike in hospitalization rates for children up to 17 years of age was seen in the week of December 22 to December 28. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased by 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266
More than half of the US population is fully protected against the coronaviruses, meaning that either a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or a double dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is required. The CDC said in October that a booster shot might be counted in the definition of "fully vaccineed" in the future.
