Moderna asked the F.D.A. to authorize a second booster of its Covid vaccine for all adults, a signi

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Moderna asked the F.D.A. to authorize a second booster of its Covid vaccine for all adults, a significantly broader request than Pfizer’s.

Thursday, March 17, 2022 9:00 PM EST

The request is likely to intensify the latest round of an ongoing scientific debate over how long protection from the two most-used vaccines in the United States lasts in the face of new variants.

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[PJMcK]

1. I found this at the NYT site

It's from a couple of days ago.

Moderna asks the F.D.A. for authorization for a second booster for all adults

Moderna said late Thursday that it asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of a second booster of its coronavirus vaccine for all adults, a significantly broader request than Pfizer and BioNTech filed for their shot this week.

The request is likely to intensify the latest round of an ongoing scientific debate over how long protection from the two most-used vaccines in the United States lasts in the face of new variants.

On Tuesday, Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, asked for emergency authorization for a second booster for those 65 and older. The firm’s request was based heavily on data from Israel, where such shots are authorized for a somewhat broader group.

Federal health officials have said they are concerned about waning potency of the booster shot that was authorized for both Moderna and Pfizer in the fall. But although there are indications that regulators could move swiftly on Pfizer’s request, it is unclear how favorably they will view Moderna’s more sweeping application.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/us/second-booster-covid-moderna.html?searchResultPosition=1

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[MiniMe]

2. Moderna started that last week

What I like about Moderna is that they aren't asking for just 65 and older (says the 64.5 year old DU'er)