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Monday, August 23, 2021

US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine The approval is a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press August 23, 2021 — 11:39am

 Strib carrying the AP feed. Strib's headlining used to headline this post.

Some anti-vax sentiment has used the excuse of the vaccines having only conditional emergency approval. Now Pfizer's approval guts that excuse. They can hope for herd immunity, except there are too many of them staying unvaccinated for herd immunity to work. Hopefully if getting the virus, their cases will be mild. Still, "being intransigent" is another way to say "being stupid."