Pfizer asks FDA to authorize 2nd Covid booster for people 65 and older

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Wed, March 16, 2022, 7:49 AM·2 min read
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday that they asked U.S. regulators to authorize a second Covid-19 vaccine booster for people 65 and older.

If the Food and Drug Administration grants authorization, the additional shot would go to a group of people who are among those with the highest risk of serious illness and death from Covid.

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Pfizer cited data from Israel that showed Covid infections were 2 times lower and rates of severe illness were 4 times lower among individuals who received a second booster dose of the vaccine, compared to those who received only one booster shot.

The second booster was administered at least four months after the initial booster, Pfizer said.

The company also included data from Israel on health care workers who had been vaccinated and boosted with the vaccine."...