In Letter To Biden, Hogan Calls For Approval Of Vaccines For Children

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Now that the Maryland-based FDA has afloat approved the Pfizer vaccine, the authorities Department of Health hopes the determination volition beryllium a boost to its vaccine operations.

#BREAKING: The Food and Drug Administration grants afloat support for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/Ig2TNUScIL

— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) August 23, 2021

“This is simply a wide denotation that the FDA has concluded that this is simply a harmless and effectual vaccine,” Dr. Clifford Mitchell with the Maryland Department of Health said. “But adjacent without that approval, it’s important for radical to recognize that millions of doses… of those vaccines person been given, and they person each been harmless and effective.”

My connection connected the FDA authorizing afloat support of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: pic.twitter.com/LdtNapEIYM

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) August 23, 2021

Last week, Gov. Larry Hogan called connected the national authorities to instrumentality action.

“The deficiency of afloat support remains the astir important hurdle to reaching those who are inactive hesitant,” Hogan said during a coronavirus briefing Wednesday.

The politician besides called connected afloat FDA support of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. He wants boosters made disposable instantly for seniors and different susceptible populations, and helium wants expedited vaccine support for children ages 5 to 11. They cannot get the vaccine close now.

He has written President Biden astir his concerns.

Today I sent a missive to President Biden outlining respective captious actions the national authorities should instrumentality to combat the COVID-19 microorganism and prevention lives.

Read the letter: https://t.co/mIUXDAK5Tz

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) August 23, 2021

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But the FDA is not yet acceptable to enactment connected those requests.

“The FDA volition request to reappraisal the data, and it is not portion of this [Pfizer] approval. We request to look astatine some information and efficacy data,“ said Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Acting FDA administrator.

The FDA’s Pfizer support Monday could pb to much vaccine mandates from some backstage employers and the government. Already, the authorities is giving nursing location and infirmary employees little than a week to get their archetypal vaccine doses oregon look regular testing.

Maryland Mandates Vaccines For Hospital And Nursing Home Staff; Governor Hogan Pushes FDA To Approve Vaccines For Younger Children https://t.co/BtzavQj8mm @wjz #coronavirus #COVID #Maryland #VaccineMandate

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 18, 2021

“All of those are areas wherever we are reaching retired and communicating with those providers and those institutions and trying to promote vaccinations and spot however that is going,“ Dr. Mitchell said.

Maryland reported much than 900 caller coronavirus cases Monday, but the positivity complaint fell backmost beneath 5%.

Maryland adds 925 #COVID19 cases Monday; positivity complaint falls backmost beneath 5%; 51 caller hospitalizations and 5 much deaths #coronavirus @wjz pic.twitter.com/mP3Hs3o3Ly

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 23, 2021

Governor Hogan, a crab survivor, told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that helium has already received his 3rd vaccine dose, arsenic allowed nether FDA regulations.

Maryland @GovLarryHogan, a crab survivor, says helium received his COVID-19 vaccine booster changeable this week, heeding proposal from epidemiologists and his oncologist: “I got it connected Monday and I consciousness great.” pic.twitter.com/Whr4Dk6OX2

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 22, 2021