The FDA announced full approval of the Pfizer vaccine in individuals 16 and over. One of the common claims of the anti-vaxxers is that the COVID vaccines are "experimental" and haven't been fully approved.
While FDA approval might persuade a few fence sitters to get vaccinated, I doubt this will persuade those Trump supporters who booed the former President for urging them to take the vaccine.
For starters, these people have a deep rooted suspicion of government. Why would they trust the FDA anymore than they would trust the CDC?
There will be some moving of the goal post. Republican Governors will be falling all over each other railing against vaccine mandates. Here's looking at you Kristi Noem.
Then you have the Fox News/Newsmax/OANN/talk radio ecosystem who will continue to promote conspiracy theories while others will promote fake cures. It makes them money. Why would they stop? Yes, some of their supporters will die but there will always be some of the people that you can fool all of the time.
There is a critical mass of Americans who believe Joe Biden wasn't elected President and are willing shed blood over it. This same critical mass is also not going to take a vaccine even it means saving their lives and that of their loved ones.
So long as this critical mass exists then America will be in critical condition where it concerns COVID-19 regardless of whether the FDA gives its full stamp of approval over vaccines.
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