The Biden Administration has been facing a tough time for the past few months and has been working out every plan to help citizens stay safe and secure.
The US Food and Drug Administration checked all the clinical trials and other reports to ensure that the booster shots are effective and approved the Pfizer and Moderna booster shots for 16 and 17-year-old. Also, The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the same age group.
A Green Signal To Booster Shots For 16 And 17 Years By The FDA
The US has witnessed the scariest charts of the Coronavirus cases in the past few months and the cases are rising and crossed 120,000 average daily cases, and raises huge concerns about the population.
The emergency use of booster shots for 16-17 years old children has been authorized keeping in mind the diminishing effectiveness of the current vaccines available for the citizens. As per Dr. Fauci, the ineffectiveness of the 2 dose vaccine on the human body raises many questions, and the vaccine developers must take some charge now and rebuild the vaccine to make it more protective for the American population.
Also, as per the healthcare officials in the United States, it has been found that 75 percent of the omicron variant cases have been found from fully vaccinated individuals and it raises more concern for the Government and medical authorities about the rising cases and hospitalization rate.
The researchers by CDC state that the omicron subtype of Covid 19 can be harmful to children and we need to safeguard their lives and prevent the teenagers of 16-17 years from further infection, it’s essential to strengthen the immunity again.
Whether it be Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson and Johnson, all the vaccines are working as per their principles and are effective.” Said the FDA.
Israel was the first country to allow its adult population to receive the booster shots and it really worked well and the nation saw a huge downfall in the surging delta variant cases.
Learning from Israel’s model of providing booster shots, the US government also granted approval to offer booster shots for their adult population. The medical researchers stated that a single dose of booster shots can help regain the lost immunity and strengthen the antibiotics in the system that prevent the entry of the virus into the system.
Also, the delta variant has been really a more threat to America than the omicron variant. Although experts have stated that the Omicron variant spreads much faster than the delta subtype, the severity level of the delta is much more harmful.
