Scientific advisors @US_FDA are meeting today to decide whether @pfizer 3rd dose #COVID19 #vaccine booster should be approved. Sarah Oliver started, from @CDCgov , laying out grim current epidemic situation in USA.
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the @CDCgov Oliver showed that there was a tremendous uptake of #COVID19 #Vaccination in the USA in April, which plummeted by June and is crawling back now. Overall, vaccine uptake is the paramount problem.
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3/ Because #COVID19 #vaccination rates in America remain disappointing, COVID hospitalizations are soaring. And unvax'ed people under 65 are 22 to 23 TIMES more likely to be hospitalized versus those who have received vaccines. The difference is astonishingly huge.
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4/ The @CDCgov Oliver told @US_FDA that all of the #COVID19 #vaccines are showing declining effectiveness over time in protecting against viral infection.
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5/ But the @CDCgov told @US_FDA that over-65-year-olds remain well protected against severe #COVID19 disease and hospitalization with current vaccines, after 6 months.
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6/ Of course, when @CDCgov Oliver looked specifically at various #COVID19 #vaccines protection specifically against the #DeltaVariant the picture got a bit nasty, especially for @pfizer vax.
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7/ And as we have heard over and over, the #DeltaVariant has changed everything in the American #COVID19 epidemic, showing impact on all #vaccine strategies.
The hearing will continue @US_FDA all day. Stay tuned.
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