The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines have received emergency use authorization (EUA) ... [+] from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vaccinations have begun. Given this backdrop, a EUA means that the FDA has determined that the currently understood benefits of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines outweigh the currently understood unknowns of the vaccines and the risks of getting Covid-19. Therefore, don’t treat the available Covid-19 vaccines exactly the same as you would more established vaccines that have been fully approved, on the market, and studied for years such as the measles-mumps-rubella vaccines and the seasonal flu vaccines. The FDA has determined that the potential benefits of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines outweigh the risks. With the Covid-19 coronavirus so widespread and basically uncontrolled in the U.S., the risk of getting Covid-19 and suffering bad consequences is real.

Source: Forbes December 27, 2020 15:13 UTC