Friday, May 14, 2021
By JULIE SATHER / Buena Vista County Public Health
The first step of emergency use authorization of Pfizer vaccine for 12-15-year-old adolescents, recommendation from the FDA, has happened. The next step is for the CDC to approve the use and we should receive an update on that today.
This would allow another 5% of the U.S. population, raising the total to 85%, to be eligible to receive the free vaccine. That will give us an increased opportunity to get an more Buena Vista County residents vaccinated. Vaccination is our best chance at beating this virus. As we know, the virus is mutating - which is what viruses do. At this point, the vaccines that are available are effective against the variants that are being identified.