Claim that updated COVID vaccines lack human trials is misleading

On Sept. 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. These new vaccines target the XBB.1.5 sublineage of COVID-19, from which all of the currently circulating strains descend. A day later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation for all people 6 months and older to get the vaccine.

In a Sept. 13 roundtable, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo claimed that the recently approved vaccines lacked testing, and added that CDC advice that vaccination is still the best…