'It’s up to us,' the doctor said soon after the FDA gave its full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
: fear of the delta variant, which has upended reopening plans nationwide, and a slew of new vaccine mandates for workers in some states and by the federal government.
The delta variant has caused soaring rates of infections nationwide, particularly in regions with lower vaccination rates. Hospitals across the South and in some other states, such as Washington and Hawaii, have reportedto treat severely ill coronavirus patients, and public health officials have called this phase of the virus a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
Fauci told PBS’s Judy Woodruff on Monday that the FDA’s full authorization could help convince many unvaccinated Americans to now get the Pfizer vaccine after they had hesitated over the agency’s emergency use authorization. It should also help allow governments, businesses and schools to mandate vaccination.
“The FDA … has meticulously gone over every single bit of data, from the standpoint of the effectiveness of the vaccine, the safety of the vaccine and also things that the public doesn’t appreciate, namely, the inspection of the facilities that manufacture the vaccine to make sure that there’s consistency in the production of it,” the doctor said. “I hope that this is going to get those [not yet inoculated] to wind up deciding that now they feel comfortable with getting vaccinated.
WATCH: Dr. Fauci explains how the FDA's approval of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine could help with vaccine hesitancy and COVID-related mandates.
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