Following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine (Comirnaty) for COVID-19, more Americans are lining up to receive the vaccine. In the week following Pfizer’s full approval, the country saw a 17% increase in the number of Americans getting vaccinated with their first dose.
With the Pfizer approval a reality, a number of public and private organizations are discussing whether to mandate vaccination.
In this piece, our team discusses the history of vaccine mandates and their impact on public health.
