In a surprising turn, the advisory panel rejected, 16-2, boosters for almost everyone. Then, in an 18-0 vote, it endorsed extra shots for people 65 and older and those at risk of serious disease. “Today was an important step forward in providing better protection to Americans from COVID-19," said White House spokesman Kevin Munoz. During several hours of vigorous debate Friday, members of the panel questioned the value of offering boosters to almost everybody 16 and over. Earlier this week, two top FDA vaccine reviewers joined a group of international scientists in publishing an editorial rejecting the need for boosters in healthy people.

Source: ABC News September 17, 2021 13:29 UTC