FDA advisers back Novavax COVID-19 shots as new US option

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8. I dispute the 27 million figure. That's way too low

https://www.reuters.com/business/costs-going-unvaccinated-america-are-mounting-workers-companies-2022-03-25/

March 25 (Reuters) - Nearly a year after COVID vaccines became freely available in the U.S., one fourth of American adults remain unvaccinated,

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/united-states-adult-population-grew-faster-than-nations-total-population-from-2010-to-2020.html#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Census,from%20234.6%20million%20in%202010.

In 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau counted 331.4 million people living in the United States; more than three-quarters (77.9%) or 258.3 million were adults, 18 years or older

So unvaxxed adults are: 1/4 * 258 million = 64.5 million

Not to mention that the vast majority of those who have been vaccinated but not boosted had their latest vax more than a year ago and protection is way down.