University of Michigan virologist on FDA advisory panel shares insight into vote to recommend boosters, vaccines for kids
University of Michigan virologist played a crucial role on the FDAโs COVID vaccine advisory panel when it came to the recommended authorization of COVID boosters, and vaccines for children.
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โThis is going to work,โ said Dr. Mark Navin, a medical ethicist at Oakland University. โThe immediate downside is the political pushback. This is going to polarize vaccination policy along party lines.โ
How Michigan expertโs โNoโ vote on Pfizer vaccine helped change the approval process
The FDA advisory committee that recommended the Pfizer vaccine largely agreed it was safe and effective. One of those No votes came from Dr. A. Oveta Fuller, a virologist and viral pathogen researcher at the University of Michigan. AdโI was aware that there were not that many people of color, not very many African Americans and I remember thinking surely this is so fascinating. And so, with some help of others we founded a chapter of the National Technical Association, which is a stem across the organization of African Americans. This brings us back to her yes vote for the emergency use authorization for the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines and the no vote to Pfizer.
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic kept the community on edge and gave us plenty to write about -- not all of it good, and not all of it bad. READ: 10 most-read All About Ann Arbor stories of 2020 that werenโt COVID relatedHereโs a look back at the 10 most-read COVID related All About Ann Arbor stories in 2020:1. Experts project aggressive social distancing could drastically reduce Michigan COVID-19 cases by MayFrom March: Michigan Medicine clinicians said forecasting models suggested that aggressive social distancing could drastically reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Michigan by early May. Washtenaw County: COVID-19 cases double, community spread โnow likelyโFrom March: On Thursday, March 19, the number of COVID-19 cases in the county doubled to 14, according to the Health Department. VIEW: Possible Washtenaw County coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure locationsFrom March: Health officials released a list of possible exposure locations that had been visited by residents of Oakland and Washtenaw counties who had the COVID-19 coronavirus.
FDA advisory panelist in Michigan explains voting in favor of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
ANN ARBOR, Mich. โ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Friday evening, the second vaccine to be authorized in the country. Prior to the authorization, the FDA advisory panel voted 20-0 with one abstention on Thursday to recommend the vaccine. UPDATE: US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenalDr. A Oveta Fuller, a virologist and viral pathogen researcher at the University of Michigan, voted โNoโ to recommend the Pfizer vaccine. However, she said she voted โYesโ this time for Moderna. It seemed like their study was set up to meet that at the minimum but it wasnโt set up to do a whole lot else,โ Fuller said.