Pfizer Executive Says This Is Who Will Get Covid Booster Shots First
1 Older adults with and those with certain underlying conditions will likely be first in line. During a May 4 earnings call, Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, shared that the company will most likely distribute the booster to those most susceptible to COVID complications, hospitalization, and death. Just like the first round of vaccinations, this will include older adults and individuals with certain chronic diseases. “We cannot, of course, predict what CDC and similar agencies will do,” Dolsten said, acknowledging that the distribution plan will in part be determined by the U....