https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/23/how-fda-approval-will-change-covid-19-vaccinations/

Federal drug officials on Monday announced the full approval of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, a long-awaited step that will give employers a stronger legal foundation to impose vaccine mandates and could help persuade the unvaccinated to get their shots.

As a new surge of illness tears through parts of the U.S., the historic move adds the vaccine to the long list of routine and trusted inoculations that includes shots against tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria and other potentially deadly pathogens.