BREAKING NEWS: CDC’s advisory committee votes unanimously to recommend a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines for immunocompromised Americans

  • The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on Friday to recommend third doses for immunocompromised Americans
  • ACIP was unable to recommend third doses until the FDA expanded emergency use authorization of the vaccines to be administered as boosters
  • Past studies have found that, even after being fully vaccinated, people with weakened immune systems have low or undetectable antibody levels

By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com

Published: 19:07 BST, 13 August 2021 | Updated: 19:12 BST, 13 August 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory committee has recommended that immunocompromised Americans receive a third COVID-19 vaccine dose. 

On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously that those with weakened immune systems can get a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines 

It comes one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the  emergency use authorizations to allow the shots to be administered as boosters. 

ACIP was unable to recommend third doses, a necessary step before pharmacists or clinicians can immunize patients, until the FDA announced its decision. 

As many as three percent of all Americans are considered immunocompromised due to cancer treatment, autoimmune diseases, HIV or other ailments.

In the past few months, several studies have suggested that immunocompromised people don’t have as much protection after being fully vaccinated as healthy people.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on Friday to recommend third doses for immunocompromised Americans. Pictured: A vial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, April 7

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on Friday to recommend third doses for immunocompromised Americans. Pictured: A vial of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, April 7

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