In Blow To Biden's Plan, FDA Panel Only Backs Booster For Some

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 18 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In blow to Biden's plan, FDA panel only backs booster for some; FDA panel rejects booster for all, supports for some; breaks with target set by Biden and top officials; Member: Proves committee recommendations are "independent"; FDA supports boosters for 65+, high risk: Capitol police warn of some threat tied to tomorrow's rally backing rioters, but say they have a "strong plan in place" 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	out of my next breaking news a key fda panel rejecting president biden's plan to start booster shots for all
0:08.1	american adults only improving boosters for people 65 and older and those with pre-existing conditions
0:14.1	why plus more breaking news CNN learning that yet another trump defense department official reached
0:19.5	out to china on the day of the januaryth insurrection and just two days before Joint Chief's Chairman Mark Millie did.
0:26.7	Who called and what was the message?
0:29.3	And the Denver FBI joining the search for the missing 22-year-old Florida woman who was on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé.
0:35.8	He's not talking.
0:37.3	A police chief on the case is my guest.
0:39.4	Let's go out front.
0:42.4	And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett.
0:44.3	Outfront tonight, the breaking news.
0:45.8	A major setback for President Biden, late today an FDA panel voting not to approve a booster
0:51.2	vaccine shot for all adults, only approving the shot for people 65 and
0:55.7	older and those at high risk of severe disease. The group specifically voting against
1:01.3	authorizing a booster shot for the majority of Americans, those who are 16 and older. Now, make no
1:07.6	mistake, this is a rebuke for Biden because it stands in direct contrast to what he told Americans 30 days ago when he tweeted, quote, it's simple.
1:16.2	Eight months after your second shot, get your booster shot. And he attached to this video.
1:22.8	Earlier the day, our medical experts announced a plan for booster shots to every fully vaccinated
1:29.9	American, adult American. Eight months after your second shot, get a booster shot.
1:38.0	Every single adult America. Well, that is not what's happening. And even this morning,
1:42.1	the administration seemed confident that booster shots
1:45.2	would be approved. I don't want to get ahead of the FDA deliberations. The data that I've seen,
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