THE laughable part of threads like this is that they are SO easy to factcheck:
Claims that Pfizer's vaccine is not fully approved for the majority of Americans are wrong.
www.usatoday.com
NOTE:
The Food and Drug Administration
has given its official stamp of approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine. But online, a conspiracy theory doubting that fact has blossomed.
"DECEPTIVE MEDIA: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine NOT FULLY AUTHORIZED," reads text in
an Aug. 24 Instagram post from a fan page for Candace Owens, a conservative commentator.
Similar posts parroting the claim have accumulated thousands of interactions on Facebook and Instagram, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. The headline comes from
a Substack newsletter published Aug. 24 by Mackenzie Alan Bettle and Hannah Griff.
"To the contrary of what was promulgated by all major media outlets yesterday, the Food & Drug Administration did not grant full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine," the conservative writers wrote. "We repeat, the FDA did not grant full approval to any vaccine."
Our rating: False
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that the FDA hasn't fully approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. The FDA approved Pfizer's application for full authorization Aug. 23. Children ages 12 to 15, as well as immunocompromised individuals seeking a third dose, may still receive the vaccine under an emergency use authorization. But for the majority of Americans, Pfizer's shot is FDA-approved.