By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas U.S. Senator Dr. Roger Marshall is calling on the FDA to fully approve the vaccines that are already under Emergency Use Authorization.
"The people that have not taken the vaccine yet, maybe a fourth, maybe half of them, they said, would take the vaccine if it would receive full approvel," Marshall said.
That's not the main thing Marshall is interested in, though.
"With this Delta variant, we're seeing a lot of breakthrough on the vaccinations," Marshall said. "It's fine for young, healthy people, but, for our senior citizens, for those people at risk, they need a third booster. That's based upon multiple studies in Israel, Great Britain and the European Union, that they probably need a third booster. We can't give people that third booster, unless the FDA moves and gives that full approval."
The Senator's office cites the Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser says 44% of unvaccinated Americans are waiting to see the FDA grant full approval for COVID vaccines.