Discussion with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, to review COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week. Also covering the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, booster shots and vaccine mandates.
0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for Aug. 24, 2021
0:26 Discuss FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine
1:21 Do we expect full approvals for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to follow shortly?
1:51 What about the 12-15-year-old age group covered under the EUA?
3:03 How is the FDA’s approval impacting vaccine mandates?
4:11 Highlight AMA's recently released statement supporting vaccine mandates
5:06 Discuss optimism of full approval inspiring confidence in the “movable middle” to get vaccinated
6:32 Booster shots: where do we stand on a third dose for the larger population?
7:24 Explain the risk-benefit calculus around booster shots
8:25 This week's numbers of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths
9:36 Review U.S. vaccination numbers (one dose administered, fully vaccinated peoples/percentages)
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