townhall.com A group of top doctors and scientists pressed the Biden administration to scale back its plans to provide COVID-19 booster shots to all fully vaccinated adults, Politico reported this week.
According to the report, several of these outside experts aired their concerns regarding the Biden administrationâs booster shot campaign in an off-the-record call last week with federal health officials. The experts said that current U.S. data on vaccine performance does not justify the widespread use of booster shots to combat breakthrough COVID-19 cases and slow the spread â despite that being what Biden pushed for.
In the call, which reportedly occurred Sept. 27, the experts said that boosters should be given only to people with the highest risk of severe COVID-19 to reduce hospitalization and death. Currently, Pfizerâs booster shot has received Emergency Use Authorization clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) among limited groups, while Johnson & Johnson is seeking FDA approval for their booster and Moderna works on developing a booster.
