covid. in other words, coming into hospital infected with covid-19 even though that s not really the reason they re coming in. the numbers are definitely dropping dramatically in philadelphia. to go back to the pfizer delay, it is about effectiveness or is it about safety here? is it that the vaccine wasn t safe or was it about the vaccine not yet being proven to be effective? i think it s just not having all the data yet. this was always going to be a vaccine. so why approve it as a two dose vaccine when you know there is a third dose out there? you don t know about the safety or efficacy of the third dose. makes sense to wait. i m glad they ve done this. thank you so much for joining us, doctor, and helping us understand what happened here today. parents are disappointed. delay is better. that s going to do it for me today. what a wild day. garret haake picks our coverage next. haake picks our coverage next
ukraine. our thanks to deborah hanes. now turning to the other breaking news. this one on pediatric vaccines. pfizer pulled the emergency use application for covid-19 vaccines for kids under 5. there was not enough evidence to move forward with the process. fuser asks the fda to review the data on two doses earlier this month. even then the drug maker new older churn would ultimately require a third dose. still pfizer was hoping to get the green light and start the rollout before that third dose was fully reviewed. joining me now is the director of the vaccine education center and children s hospital of philadelphia. he is also a member of the fda vaccine ands related biological products advisory committee. thank you. i think people were confused when they initially asked for this approval for these two doses even though they studied a third. what does it mean to visit pulled? it is delayed more than
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Last week, Lincolnshire’s NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) apologised after a Lincoln resident under the age of 40 was turned away at the Showground vaccination site due to the unavailability of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Bosses have now confirmed the site is focusing on Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZ) second doses and would need to expand to accommodate Pfizer vaccines for under 40s.
A week on and another Lincolnshire resident, Oliver Peatman, 31, was turned away from the Showground due to his age and supply issues, and had to travel to a centre in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.
He said: “Why has it all gone so wrong for my age group?! When it was seeming to be almost faultless with all older age groups? Absolute shambles.