Dr. Peter Marks: FDA is confident in the safety and effectiveness of these updated (COVID) vaccines

"FDA is confident in the safety and effectiveness of these updated (COVID) vaccines and they fully meet the agency's rigorous scientific standards...the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to hundreds of millions of people in the US and the benefits of these vaccines continue to outweigh their risks for individuals 6 months of age and older. Giving the waning immunity of the population from the previous exposure to the virus and from previous vaccination we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccines to provide better protection against currently circulating variants..."