Pfizer officials will meet with U.S. scientists about booster shots, which officials say aren't nece

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Source: New York Times

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that booster shots were not recommended yet. England will end most restrictions next week.

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Pfizer officials will meet with U.S. scientists about booster shots, which officials say aren’t necessary now.

Pfizer’s chief scientific officer is expected to meet with top U.S. scientists on Monday to make a case for eventual federal authorization of coronavirus vaccine booster shots, even as top health officials say the extra doses are not necessary at this time, according to two White House officials.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced last week that they were developing a version of their coronavirus vaccine that targets Delta, a highly contagious variant, and reported promising results from studies of people who received a third dose of the original vaccine. The companies said in a news release that booster doses may be needed to fend off virus variants.

The data are not yet published or peer-reviewed, but the companies said that they would submit results to the Food and Drug Administration for eventual authorization of booster shots — an announcement that caught the Biden administration by surprise. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for the pandemic, later told Wolf Blitzer of CNN that the Pfizer’s chief executive, Albert Bourla, called him to apologize for not giving Dr. Fauci a “heads up” about the recommendation.

In an unusual joint statement issued Thursday evening, hours after the Pfizer announcement, the F.D.A. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushed back.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/12/world/covid-coronavirus-updates#pfizer-booster-vaccine-fda-cdc

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