SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Will the Food and Drug Administration giving full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lead to more people getting the shot?
Pritzker says he sure hopes so, especially since he says many people have told him they were waiting until a COVID-19 vaccine moved past the emergency approval stage.
“There is [sic]…reams and reams of research that has now been done to prove that these vaccines are effective, especially the MRNA vaccines like Pfizer,” Pritzker said Monday in Champaign.
Pritzker says he hopes the approval sends a message.
“I think that means many more people will choose to get vaccinated,” said Pritzker. “And I do think that there will be private institutions that will choose to require vaccinations now that’s no longer under EUA (Emergency Use Authorization.”
Pritzker is mandating that state employees at facilities with large populations — like prisons, veterans homes, and nursing homes — get vaccinated by October.
Pfizer, meanwhile, warns that it’s entirely possible that there could someday be a “vaccine-resistant” COVID-19 variant.
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