FDA Authorizes Boosters For Ages 16 & 17

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The FDA has authorized people ages 16 and 17 to receive a Pfizer/BioNTech booster shot for COVID-19. The jobs numbers are the strongest they have been since the year humans landed on the moon for the first time, but why aren’t the hard numbers matching the hard times so many are feeling? Daunte Wright’s girlfriend took the stand to testify in the trial of the then-officer who fired the fatal shot during an April traffic stop in Minnesota. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And early Christmas present for some kids, the lead starts right now.
0:07.8	Breaking today in the fight against COVID, the FDA this afternoon giving the OK for 16
0:13.5	and 17-year-olds to get a booster shot as most parents still seemingly have concerns
0:18.7	about their kids getting shot number one.
0:22.3	Strong jobs numbers we have not seen since the year man landed on the moon for the first
0:27.4	time, but why aren't the hard numbers matching the hard times so many are feeling?
0:33.0	And she was in the car when the police officer pulled the trigger.
0:38.6	Dante writes girlfriend takes the stand today.
0:56.2	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper, we begin today with the health lead it is official
1:00.4	16 and 17-year-olds can now get Pfizer's COVID vaccine booster late this afternoon.
1:05.9	The CDC director gave the final thumbs up, insisting that those minors not only can,
1:11.1	but should get a third shot.
1:12.9	This is a significant move as more data reveals just how effective boosters are against
1:19.0	the virus and the new Omicron variant.
1:21.8	One of the 200 million Americans who have been fully vaccinated, only about 49 million
1:27.5	have gotten their booster shot.
1:29.0	That's about a quarter of those eligible as CNN's Alexandra Field reports for us now.
1:33.5	President Biden is right now meeting with his coronavirus team discussing the threat
1:38.2	from the Omicron variant and discussing how to get more Americans boosted as cases,
1:44.6	hospitalizations, and deaths nationwide are tragically going back up.
1:51.8	Until the winter you're either going to be vaccinated, recovering from COVID or dead.
1:57.0	Those words said first about Germany now playing out in the United States with COVID cases
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