US Covid-19: Older, At-Risk People Can Receive Pfizer Booster, Fauci Envisions Three-Dose Standard

The FDA plans to authorize a third booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine imminently for people 65 and older, those most susceptible to severe disease and people whose jobs put them at risk https://t.co/3IEIRBC98P

— Bloomberg (@business) September 23, 2021

I want to make this clear: The introduction of booster doses will not impact our ability to meet existing global supply commitments or our pledge to provide 2B doses to low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022.

In fact, today we announced: https://t.co/1cxpJVCRSD

— Albert Bourla (@AlbertBourla) September 22, 2021

Future administration of mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna's will likely require three doses from the start, instead of two doses plus a booster, Fauci said. https://t.co/OIv700PRYz

— Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) September 23, 2021

Comparing the current best and worst in the US by cases/population: Puerto Rico vs Alaska
Cases/100,000: 117 vs 9
Fully vaccinated: 65% vs 49%
Hospitalizations/100,000: 9 vs 29
Deaths/100,000 equal 0.27
(lag anticipated with recent AK surge) pic.twitter.com/tp0h48RXKx

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 22, 2021

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:
 
🔹 Confirmed cases to date: 4,434,696
🔹 Note: Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed
 
More information at https://t.co/TLLUGwPGY7. pic.twitter.com/FYtB4MA5MV

— California Department of Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) September 22, 2021

➡️1,152 patients in our hospitals (1,071 confirmed COVID-positive, 81 persons under investigation)
➡️267 patients in our ICUs
➡️144 ventilators in use
➡️144 live patients discharged
➡️152 COVID-positive patients admitted
➡️20 in-hospital deaths pic.twitter.com/Ydr6I8UpEN

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) September 22, 2021

ℹ Florida COVID-19 Update for September 22, 2021

🚨 Total Confirmed New Cases:
9/21/2021: 10,073 pic.twitter.com/reO2UXZuhW

— Florida Hospital Association (@FLHospitalAssn) September 22, 2021

As of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, the Medical Center has 47 confirmed or suspected inpatient COVID-19 cases, including 36 adult patients and 11 children. Of the COVID-19 positive patients, 73.7% are unvaccinated, 10.5% are not eligible (under 12), and 15.8% are vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/42dLebO6Q9

— The University of Mississippi Medical Center (@UMMCnews) September 22, 2021

September 22nd COVID-19: 7-Day Average New Cases Off 20% from Recent High https://t.co/EhkdhPyVSo pic.twitter.com/opQmogLFHJ

— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) September 22, 2021

In the past 2 weeks in the US there has been a small ~10% reduction of cases among children, who comprise 26% of all caseshttps://t.co/gKEJ3fo2Hg @hospitals4kids @AmerAcadPeds pic.twitter.com/KDzNBGnAyP

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 23, 2021