Here’s who is and is expected to be eligible for booster doses of all three vaccines.
The FDA authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people 65 and older and thosewhose jobs put them at high risk for exposure to COVID-19.
Individuals 18 and up who are at high risk for severe COVID-19 were also included in the authorization, which only covers those who are at least six months out from their second dose of the vaccine.
High-risk jobs include "health care workers, teachers and day care staff, grocery workers and those in homeless shelters or prisons, among others,” said acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock.
More than 20 million Americans are eligible for Pfizer booster shots, and 40 million more will have access once they're six months past their second shot.
CVS and Walgreens announced shortly after authorization they were offering booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine to those who are eligible. However, the pharmacy chains said they weren’t taking extra steps to police eligibility to “remove barriers and improve access to potentially life-saving vaccines,” leaving room for dishonesty.
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