AGAINST COVID-19 GOING FORWARD. THE BIG NEWSHE T FDAAS H GIVEN FULL APPROVAL TO PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE. SO WHAT DOES TSHI MEAN? WELL, DR. DALE BRATZLER SAYS, IT’S FURTHER PROOF OF WHAT WE ALREYAD KNOW THE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. OPENS A HOST OF COMPANIES AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE COUNTRY THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE VACCINATION AT ONCE THERE WAS FULL FDA. APPROVED THIS APPROVAL COMES AS BOOSTER STSHO ARE ROLLING OUT FOR AMINO COMPROMISED AMERICANS AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMING WEEKS. WE ASKED DR. BRATZLER IF THESE BOOSTER SHOTS WILL HELPUT C DOWN ON BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FULL. Y BANG UP INHE HOSPITAL ELDERLY WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPECT AND LEVELSO T BE WANING OVER TIME DR. BRASSLER SAYS GETTING YOUR VACCINE IS EVENE M IMPERATIVE. NOW AS MORE VARIANTS ARE EMERGING THE LAMBDA VARIANT FIRST IDENTIFDIE IN PERU, AND ANOTHER WHAT DOCTORS ARE CALLING THE B DOT1.621 OUT OF COLUMBIA AS LONG AS WE KEEP SEEING UNTIMIGATED SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN PARTS OF THE COURYNTR O AROUND THE WORLD. THERE CAN ALWAYS BE MUTATIONS THAT COME
Oklahoma health expert says FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine is further proof that the shot works
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
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Updated: 5:31 PM CDT Aug 23, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Dale Bratzler, OU Health's chief COVID-19 officer, said the approval is further proof of what we already know – the vaccines are safe and effective."It also opens a host of companies and other people around the country that basically have said they would require vaccinations once there was full FDA approval," Bratzler said. The approval comes as booster shots are rolling out for immunosuppressed Americans and everyone else in the coming weeks. But will the booster shot help cut down on breakthrough infections? "When you look at it, fully vaccinated people that are ending up in the hospital – and there are some – but they are predominantly in the elderly where you might expect antibody levels to be waning over time," Bratzler said.He told KOCO 5 that getting the vaccine is even more imperative now as more variants emerge. There's the lambda variant, which was first identified in Peru, and another that doctors call the B.1.621 out of Colombia."As long as we keep seeing unmitigated spread of the virus in parts of the country or around the world, there can always be new patients that come up with new variants," Bratzler said.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Dale Bratzler, OU Health's chief COVID-19 officer, said the approval is further proof of what we already know – the vaccines are safe and effective.
"It also opens a host of companies and other people around the country that basically have said they would require vaccinations once there was full FDA approval," Bratzler said.
The approval comes as booster shots are rolling out for immunosuppressed Americans and everyone else in the coming weeks. But will the booster shot help cut down on breakthrough infections?
"When you look at it, fully vaccinated people that are ending up in the hospital – and there are some – but they are predominantly in the elderly where you might expect antibody levels to be waning over time," Bratzler said.
He told KOCO 5 that getting the vaccine is even more imperative now as more variants emerge. There's the lambda variant, which was first identified in Peru, and another that doctors call the B.1.621 out of Colombia.
"As long as we keep seeing unmitigated spread of the virus in parts of the country or around the world, there can always be new patients that come up with new variants," Bratzler said.
