# Any updates on FULL approval from the FDA? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [August 19, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150 "2021-08-19T12:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/21 "2021-08-23T14:09:23Z")
I have an anti-vax friend who for the last few months has been saying, “But it hasn’t been fully approved by the FDA!” I asked him today if he would now receive the vaccine. He came up with a different reason for not receiving it. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/22 "2021-08-23T14:48:22Z")
Commence goal-post move in 3…2…1… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/23 "2021-08-23T15:01:32Z")
Define “fair amount” please. Because as I recall, there was very little of this sentiment. Less than 10% of those that posted on the subject. * * * > [@kayaker](#): > > Yes! Woot! Outstanding news. Now it can be mandatory for the Armed Forces and many other groups of Federal Employees and clears the way for States to follow. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/24 "2021-08-23T22:11:13Z")
Oh please, oh please, let some airlines have the balls now that there’s full FDA approval to demand that all passengers be vaccinated and drop the “or a negative covid test” BS. We know from the fall/winter holidays last year that idiots love flying so just that could have a big impact on vaccination rates. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/25 "2021-08-24T06:55:54Z")
Let the mandates roll! Op-eds from WaPo today: > **[Opinion | Pfizer’s vaccine is fully authorized. It’s time for excuses to end...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/23/pfizers-vaccine-is-fully-authorized-its-time-excuses-end-mandates-start/)** > > The emergency use authorizations were the last quasi-reasonable excuse for not getting vaccinated. Now that it's gone, let's get this charade over with. > [@Eugene Robinson](#): > > Bring on the vaccination mandates! If reason, patriotism and clear self-interest won’t convince reluctant Americans to protect themselves and their communities against covid-19, maybe the threat of not being able to work, go to school or lead anything like a normal life will do the trick. > **[Opinion | Time to say it: We’re done with the vaccine refusers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/23/time-say-it-were-done-with-vaccine-refusers/)** > > Persuade the hesitant, but ignore the unhinged. We should keep ourselves safe from them, and nothing more. > [@Paul Waldman](#): > > It’s also an opportunity for us to say to the hard-core vaccine refusers: We’re done with you. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150/26 "2021-09-11T11:49:48Z")
Followup question on full approval. Pfizer is approved for children 12 and up, and will soon/eventually be approved for children 5-12. Does this also mean full approval, or are the younger set still on emergency approval basis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-updates-on-full-approval-from-the-fda/949150.md?page=1)