Dr. Fauci says there will be "a flood" of vaccine mandates after that
"[Institutions] who have been reluctant to the mandate at the local level will feel much more confident."
Anthony Fauci, MD, the director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Councilor of the PresidentJoe Biden, recently stated that he believes the Americans will see a "flood" ofVaccine mandates After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers its full approval at theVaccines against COVID-19. Speak to the drafting committee ofUnited States today Last week, Fauci predicted that the expected approval of the FDA would give institutions and governments more room for maneuver to implement such mandates.
"Organizations, businesses, universities, colleges that have been reluctant to the mandate at the local level will feel much more confident," said Fauci. "They can say," If you want to come to this college or university, you must be vaccinated. If you want to work in this plant, you must be vaccinated. If you want to work in this business, you must be vaccinated. If you want to work in this hospital, you must be vaccinated. '
Local governments and some companies have already implemented COVID vaccine mandates. Large companies likeFacebook, GoogleAnd United Airlines alerted the employees they need to be vaccinated, with some medical exceptions, to return to work in person. Last week,Disney and Walmart announced that they had put in place mandates for some parts of their businesses in the face of customers. Employers can legallyObligate employees to get a CVIV-19 vaccine Or prohibit them from their workplaces, the Equal Employment Board has announced these last guidelines.
Meanwhile, Moderna, Pfizer / Biontech and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines are currently offered for use of the United States. All submitted comprehensive approval requests from the FDA, but the process takes several months and none of them received full approval.
Nevertheless, experts say that vaccines offer safe and effective protection against COVID-19. According to the FDA,Authorization for emergency use It is always necessary that vaccines undergo "a rigorous development process comprising tens of thousands of study participants to generate non-clinical, clinical and manufacturers data".
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Peter's brands, Director of the FDA Center for Evaluation and Research on Biologics,RecountThe Washington Post On Friday, this emergency authorization is designed as a difference from the gap, while the long-time work required for the full FDA approval take place. The difference between the emergency use authorization and the full approval of the FDA is typically the amount of time spent testing a drug and the depth at which the FDA examines the drug is manufactured.
MARKS hopes that FDA approval can swing vaccine holders. He said the vaccine against Pfizer / Biontech could see the start of autumn approval.
"There are a number of people who say they are really uncomfortable with an experimental vaccine," he told theTo post."This thing happened really strange for them. They want a product approved by the FDA. They will show you the money and be vaccinated after or not, I believe that at least some of them will do it."
The importance of FDA approval focused on the high concentration of the United States had a sharp increase in CVIV-19 infections in children. A report ofThe American Academy of Pediatrics At the end of July, children in children climb at an alarming rate due to the spread of the Delta variant.
"As of July 29, nearly 4.2 million children have been tested for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic", reads on the report. "Nearly 72,000 cases have been added last week, a substantial increase in the previous week, when about 39,000 cases have been reported. After declining at the beginning of the summer, the business of children have regularly increased in July . "
Louisiana and Tennessee are at both external epidemics in children. TennesseeCommissioner for HealthDr. Lisa Piercey says WKRNThat the state has experienced an increase of 200% of cases of pediatric covid since July. Louisiana's health officials stated that the COVID state infection rate in children under 18 has also exploded. According to the American Pediatric Association, about 25% of children under the age of 18 have been tested for COVID with positive results.
Parents continue to wait for vaccines to be approved for children under 12 years old. In the meantime, Fauci saidUnited States today That children should wear masks at school this fall.
"I would prefer to have a child being a little uncomfortable with a mask and be healthy as a comfortable child without mask in an ICU," he said. "It's nothing sense for me why you would not want to protect children."
Hesitation of vaccines was a continuous problem throughout the pandemic, although a recentCensus Office Survey have found that global hesitation rates decrease. In January, 21.6% of the Americans described as hesitant vaccine. A survey conducted at the end of June found that the number fell to 10.8%, although some Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakota and Alaska-seeing vaccine hesitation rates greater than 20% .
"It's a dystopic world that we live," said FauciUnited States today,Noting the large amount of misinformation being broadcast on vaccines. The public, he says, "are wrong."
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