'We have the tools right now to protect that environment. I don't think there's any reason why people can get together for the holidays,' the former FDA commissioner said.
The FDA authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old last month, before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the decision Tuesday. Vaccinations among the age range began in the U.S. over the past week.
Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles, California, September 10, 2021.Any individual falls under the fully vaccinated category two weeks after receiving the second dose, according to health officials, which means that children will not be able to be considered fully immunized by Thanksgiving Day.As more younger children receive the vaccine, Gottlieb expects that a form of"broad immunity" would develop among the age demographic.
Following a summer surge of the highly contagious Delta variant, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have steadily declined across the U.S.recently pushed forward with a sweeping mandate that requires millions of employees in private companies to get fully vaccinated by early 2022.
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