Following Monday's formal approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration, Garland County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby said he hopes it will encourage more people in the county to get vaccinated.
"I think it's really great news," Shelby said. "I know it's something that I and many have been highly anticipating -- you know, certainly the people that didn't want to get the vaccination until it is fully approved, which it is now, so I hope that will kind of get some people that are on the fence off the fence and getting the vaccine.
"So I think it's a real positive step and I think we really need to try to get the word out that it has been fully approved and call out to people that were using it as an excuse to say that it's not an excuse anymore. Hopefully, we'll see an uptick in our vaccinations by getting that full approval," he said.
Replacing the emergency-use authorization granted last December, Pfizer's vaccine marks the first to get approval by the FDA, and as such, "the public can be very confident that this vaccine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product," Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said.
The decision comes one week after most schools in the country started classes. Shelby, on Friday, praised the efforts of the school districts in Garland County for their pandemic preparedness, noting he feels strongly all of the districts have been diligent in...
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