I thought the FDA approved of it. Did the CDC not approve of it? That's strange.

I wonder if it's a political-economic thing with the CDC, or if it's a precaution against people getting "vaccine happy" (meaning, people overdoing it with vaccines). I have a friend who initially got the J&J jab. When he realized that it wasn't effective enough, he decided to withhold information and get the full Pfizer series (first and second jabs) - long before boosters were approved. He said he did fine with the Pfizer after having the J&J jab months ago. I think there are many people who are doing this, just to feel safer.

The CDC might disagree with allowing boosters because of this or for whatever other political or economic reason. Sadly, however, the CDC has also been horrible about changing their mind and being too lenient on recommendations for masking and vaccinations, etc. Perhaps they are trying to prevent a different disease or situation by limiting things like vaccine boosters, but their leniency with the mask recommendations sounded more political than evidence-based. It's almost as if their real-world experiment on vaccine efficacy took precedence over safety precautions.

The FDA's agenda, however, is to approve whatever would work in terms of treatments and preventions. I think the FDA has different experts working on the pandemic crisis, and their decisions may conflict with the CDC's agendas.