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As of July 28, 2021, none of the COVID-19 vaccines has obtained full Biologics License Application (BLA) approval by the Food and Drug Administration ([[FDA]]). Instead, the COVID vaccines have merely received Emergency Use Authorization ([[EUA]]), which means these vaccines are supposed to be optional.

As of July 28, 2021, none of the COVID-19 vaccines had obtained full Biologics License Application (BLA) approval by the Food and Drug Administration ([[FDA]]). Instead, the COVID vaccines have merely received Emergency Use Authorization ([[EUA]]), which means these vaccines are supposed to be optional.

 

With great fanfare and misleading statements, on August 23, 2021, the FDA granted conditional approval pending further testing for a German vaccine which is generally unavailable (the BioNTech vaccine, which is supposedly similar to the Pfizer vaccine in ingredients), while extending the EUA authorization (not approval) of the Pfizer vaccine.  By combining the two decisions in one announcement, the FDA mislead the public to think that the Pfizer vaccine had been approved.  It has not been.  

There are four rival vaccines (it's debatable whether they are true vaccines) for [[COVID-19]] (AKA the [[CCP flu]]):

There are four rival vaccines (it's debatable whether they are true vaccines) for [[COVID-19]] (AKA the [[CCP flu]]):