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Another group could get access to the booster shots this week. the cdcs advisory panel endorsed pfizers third dose for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first booster shot for people younger than 16. the fda gave it their okay on monday and it now goes to the cdc director for final approval. it also comes one day after the cdc green lit pfizers booster for younger immunocompromised kids and shortened the booster timeline. recommending a third shot after the first two five months instead of six, after the ...

Do you think the booster timeline should be shortened? >> i would say at this point other countries are shortening the timeline to 4 or 4 1/2 months. it certainly would make sense given the accumulating data around omicron that shortening the timeline in the states as well would make sense. theres also questions about that 12 to 16-year-old age group who have not been approved for boosters. many of those kids did get vaccinated in april and may when the vaccines first became available. were wait...

First dose. just considering these latest developments, could that booster timeline change? >> it could, and i think that our federal health officials should be actively evaluating this so that were not behind when it comes to the recommendations. i will say that the data emerging from south africa, the emerging data from pfizer out this morning are not surprising. actually, this is what we have been anticipating all along, that theres good news and bad news. the bad news being that theres some ...