Early June 2021, before mention of Delta, comments about to emerge regarding the probable need for booster shots. It was on July 30, 2021 STAT news reported FDA’s plans to speed up full approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, allegedly spurred on because of the Delta variant, but vaccine manufactures are at the same time Pfizer has an application submitted for full licensure as well as EUA for booster shots. [1]
But on August 5, 2021 White House’s chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci begins announcing the need to give booster shots to immuno-compromised Americans. Other countries are also looking to a booster shot amid the more transmissible Delta variant wave. [2]
A few days before, on August 2, 2021 the head of the NIH, Francis Collins (Fauci’s boss) told the press that right now “there is no evidence that we need to go ahead with boosters” as the existing vaccines have “high effectiveness towards Delta“, a message others have stated but is now contradictory to the emerging narrative. [3, 8]
Then on August 6, 2021 the Washington Post published that “extra shots are expected to be authorized within days or weeks, according to federal officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plan has not been announced.” This article adds fuel to the chain of events that is preparing the public for imminent boosters. [4]
On August 8, 2022, Dr Fauci is interviewed on a range of topics including boosters where he states that because of “attenuation of protection…sooner or later…we’re going to have to give an additional boost to people” he also points out that those previously infected should also get the boost. [5]
Following FDA‘s 3rd shot, booster approval on August 12, 2021 for imuno-compromised only, the next day, on August 13, 2021, the CDC’s ACIP committee met and voted unanimously to recommended booster shot for both Pfizer (12+) & Moderna’s (18+) vaccine for the immuno-compromised, but this opens the door for everyone. [6, 7, 9]
But then on August 18, 2021 the Biden administration announced their plan to roll out a third dose (booster) of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to everyone by September – just 8 months after recipients’ second jab, pending an independent evaluation by the FDA.
On August 24, 2021 Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator announced they are moving “aggressively” to roll out booster shots by fall (September) to Americans, even though FDA has not cleared any third doses for any vaccine. The Delta variant is spreading, vaccine manufactures have started announcing an antibody response in their “booster trials”, and “health officials” have already stated vaccine should be ready!. [1]
On August 29, 2021 Fauci is now “certain” that all Americans would need booster shots!
By September 1, 2021 two senior officials. Marion Gruber, director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research & Review, and deputy director Phil Krause, resign from the FDA over Biden’s booster push prior to approval.
The vaccine manufactures wrote “booster doses” into their initial clinical trials….they anticipated the vaccines would not produce long-term protection!
J&J – Booster cohort – HERE