New report says vaccinated people don't need COVID-19 booster shots, per FDA and WHO officials

Today, scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization are arguing that

booster

shots

may not be necessary for the general population; It's a mixed message within the Biden administration and ABC 7 news

report

er Stephanie Sierra is investigating the implications it's taking in the newsroom. A closer look at the mixed messages and I guess, Steph, we shouldn't be surprised. that almost from the beginning there have been mixed messages since this pandemic began and it certainly creates confusion when the FDA and those who disagree with the white house and doctors worry that these mixed messages will make

people

more skeptical about when to get another doses and further delay the launch.

The controversy over the kova 19

booster

vaccine continues as the white house battles conflicting messages with the food and drug administration and the world health organization. that the federal government could speak with one voice a review published in a leading medical journal the lancet argues that there is not enough data to justify that booster

shots

are

need

ed for the general

vaccinated

population and cites that the current effectiveness of the vaccine still is high enough to prevent serious illness and death. The

report

has 18 co-authors, including two high-level FDA

officials

who have since resigned over the controversy. This is one of those questions about perfect is the enemy of good and these guys want perfection and I think it probably has to be that way. make the decision based on data that is not perfect, ucsf chief epidemiologist dr. george rutherford,

says

she worries that conflicting messages will lead to further confusion and hesitancy about vaccines.

I mean, clearly, it will create dissonance in the

people

he knows, cognitive dissonance. For people planning to receive a third dose about what the timing should be and whether they should really receive it or not, most of the authors of this report are foreigners, including experts who call for a coveted booster moratorium until 2022. The disease doctor Infectious Diseases at Stanford, Dr. Jorge Salinas, agrees, while on a personal level there may be a slight benefit from a third dose, there is a tremendous benefit if it is applied to another person who has not been

vaccinated

, in terms of what happens next, the FDA advisory committee. will meet this Friday to review data from Pfizer's Covet 19 booster vaccine, the CDC will then make the final recommendation: Are we not doing this because the studies are imperfect?

I think you have to act on the data you have and make difficult decisions based on what's in front of you. The report now acknowledges that booster shots may eventually be necessary for the general population if immunity continues to wane further or if another infectious variant emerges again. We'll know more after the FDA advisory committee meeting this Friday in the newsroom stephanie sierra abc 7 news