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      Posts Falsely Claim US FDA Did Not Approve Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

      The US FDA has approved Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for for Americans aged 16 and older on August 23, 2021.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  6 Sept 2021 6:59 PM IST
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      Posts Falsely Claim US FDA Did Not Approve Pfizers COVID-19 Vaccine

      Articles and social media posts shared thousands of times claim that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not give full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. This is false; the agency signed off on the shot for Americans aged 16 and older on August 23, 2021.

      Also Read: Tennessee Has Not Allowed Forced Relocation To COVID-19 Interment Camps

      "FDA 'playing bait and switch' with Americans, tricking them into believing shots currently being offered have been granted full approval when they have not," says the headline of an August 25, 2021 article on the LeoHohmann.com website.


      Screenshot of an online article taken on August 30, 2021

      "What was actually given full approval was a separate Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine product which goes by the name Comirnaty," the article says.

      A Facebook post also claimed that the FDA "'REISSUED' The 'Emergency Use Authorization' (EUA)" instead of approving the vaccine.

      Similar claims appeared in an article here and on Facebook here and here

      Comirnaty vs Pfizer

      Comirnaty is the new name under which Pfizer-BioNTech's FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine will be marketed.

      Dr Janet Woodcock, the FDA's Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, explained in a media call that Comirnaty and the Pfizer shot are the same.

      "The FDA-approved vaccine and the EUA-authorized vaccine have the same formulation and can be used interchangeably," she said on August 23.

      Also Read: Joe Rogan Misinterprets Study To Claim Vaccinated People Create Variants

      Approval vs EUA

      While Comirnaty is fully approved in the United States for those 16 and older, "the vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals," an August 23 FDA press release says.

      While the shots are the same, FDA spokeswoman Veronika Pfaeffle clarified that the EUA will continue to cover the Pfizer-BioNTech-branded vaccines until a sufficient supply with the new Comirnaty name can be manufactured and distributed.

      AFP Fact Check has debunked other inaccurate claims about vaccines here.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not give full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.
      Claimed By :  Article on LeoHohmann.com, social media posts
      Fact Check :  False
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