States are moving to preempt federal guidance on Covid boosters. That's set up a clash with the Biden administration, which has yet to formally endorse boosters for everyone — leaving a confusing patchwork of policies.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, seen here on Oct. 28, signed an executive order last week to expand the use of booster shots to quell the recent surge in Covid-19 infections. | David Zalubowski/AP PhotoSOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been convinced for weeks that all adults in his state are eligible for boosters. On Wednesday, he was more blunt.The folksy Republican, whose state has among the lowest vaccination rates in the country, isn’t alone in that thinking.
Yet their ire is less directed at state leaders than at outside vaccine advisers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for refusing to greenlight boosters for all back in September. Federal booster recommendations currently cover anyone 65 and older, adults with certain underlying health conditions and adults whose jobs increase their chances of contracting or spreading Covid.Covid-19 cases has jumped 21 percent over the last two weeks, a trend that some Biden health officials believe could have been curtailed if more people had gotten their booster shots.
FDA is expected to sign off on Pfizer boosters before the CDC's advisory committee on vaccines meets Friday afternoon to weigh booster recommendations. “The rules weren’t clear enough and the numbers weren’t big enough. That’s the bottom line,” de Blasio said. “It’s much easier and clearer to say, ‘Everyone come and get a booster.”
Outside health advisers to the FDA and CDC first considered widely providing Pfizer-BioNTech boosters in September because the companies petitioned regulators to endorse them for individuals 16 and older. But the experts swiftly pushed back on permitting extra doses for older teens, arguing there wasn't enough data showing the benefits of boosting would outweigh the risks of side effects.
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