The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine has prompted a wave of vaccine mandates across the country, yet individuals who happen to suffer serious side effects, as a result of the mandates, will not be able to file a lawsuit against the vaccine company, according to vaccine lawyers. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, known as Comirnaty, was fully approved on Aug. 23 for people 16 and older. However, in the fact sheet for recipients and caregivers, Comirnaty is “also authorized under EUA [emergency use authorization]” for children aged 12 to 15 and for those in the same adolescent population requiring the third dose. While the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States since December still remains under EUA for adolescents 12 to 15 years, and for adolescents needing the third booster shot. The FDA also issued the vaccine EUA for people 16 and …