FDA advisor who voted against recommending Pfizer’s Covid vaccine explains why she would ‘be first in line’ to get it

The Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel signed off on Pfizer’s Covid vaccine with a 17 to 4 vote, with one abstention on Thursday night. Dr. Archana Chatterjee, dean of the Chicago Medical School, was one of the four “no” votes. Chatterjee explained her decision during a Friday evening interview on “The News with Shepard Smith.”

“I want to make it very clear that I am full in support of the authorization through this emergency use authorization process of the Pfizer- BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use in adults 18-years-of-age and older,” Chatterjee said. “The ‘no’ vote from me came because there was not the opportunity to vote on that question.”

Chatterjee explained to…