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In September, the FDA and CDC authorized Pfizer booster shots after six months for anyone older than 65 and younger adults with a high risk of developing COVID-19. But the agencies stopped short of recommending a Pfizer booster for all adults, saying data was insufficient to recommend boosters for everyone.
Dr. David Dowdy, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told ABC News in September that severe allergies to the vaccines are extremely uncommon and are experienced by less than one in 1 million people, according to health data. "An allergy to that is pretty rare," Linder added."It would have to be documented, as a moderate or severe allergy, before I would consider giving a medical exemption."Email this article
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