CDC Director Defends Decision to Extend Booster Shots Eligibility to At-Risk Workers

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky defends her decision overnight to include at-risk workers in being eligible to get Pfizer booster shots six months after they have received their second shot. The CDC's Advisory Committee, which met yesterday, had not included them. She says the deliberations were transparent and public and that she did not "overrule" anyone with her decision, adding that it was "a close scientific call" but hers to make had she been present in the room for the deliberations. close