Full FDA approval will cause ‘flood’ of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Fauci says

There will be a “flood” of COVID-19 vaccine mandates at businesses and schools once the FDA grants full approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, said Anthony Fauci, MD, the White House chief medical adviser.

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“Organizations, enterprises, universities, colleges that have been reluctant to mandate at the local level will feel much more confident,” Dr. Fauci told USA Today Aug. 6.

Pfizer applied for its COVID-19 vaccine’s full FDA approval in May. Dr. Fauci said the FDA could grant full approval to the vaccine by the end of August.

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