COVID vaccine: What it means if the FDA grants full approval

CNET – Both Pfizer and Moderna are seeking full FDA approval in May – “Companies and schools across the country have been hesitant to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, but that could soon change. Pfizer and BioNTech initiated full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration on May 7. Currently the Pfizer vaccine has emergency approval from the FDA, but full approval would allow Pfizer to market its vaccine directly to consumers.  So far, more than 139 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the US, with over 59 million fully vaccinated with Pfizer. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is the only one that has emergency approval for 12-year-olds and older — the FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 and 15 earlier this week…”