A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Chicago on December 17. First, full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could persuade more people to get vaccinated. To qualify for emergency use authorization, Covid-19 vaccine makers submitted about three months of clinical trial data. Full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine requires much more data, including safety and efficacy data generated in the real-world, outside of a clinical trial. “There’s precedent for mandatory vaccinations and immunizations.”Workplaces already have the legal authority to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 17:15 UTC