Pfizer CEO tells those wary of the COVID vaccine: “Try to conquer your fear by using the love from the people around you and listen, trust the millions of people who have done it.”
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla revealed he personally received a COVID-19 vaccine booster recently and expects federal regulators to make booster shots more widely available in the United States.
Pfizer PFE, -0.41% and vaccine-development partner BioNTech BNTX, +5.41% initially sought to have booster shots of their COVID vaccine authorized for people 16 and over in the U.S. The Biden administration supported the move and raised expectations among many Americans that they would be able to receive a booster eight months after they had been jabbed a second time.
The conflicting policy views on boosters coming from the White House and federal health officials created a lot of confusion in recent weeks. But Bourla thinks that, as more data are gathered, it will become more clear that boosters should be authorized widely among the U.S. population, he said. He pointed to data that health officials have accumulated in Israel, a country that experienced widespread vaccination a few months earlier than the U.S.
The World Health Organization has opposed the distribution of boosters in wealthy countries out of concern boosters will diminish the supply of primary doses in poorer countries. Bourla said Pfizer, a U.S. based pharmaceutical behemoth, has invested heavily to make sure boosters will not cause vaccine inequity.
Bourla did, however, talk about how he has spoken to those who are hesitant to get a vaccine at a time when only 57% of all people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated , according to the CDC.
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