The F.D.A. is prepared to approve Covid vaccines for 65+ and for those with an underlying condition. If you're 65 and under and healthy? FDA wants more data: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/h... - ThreadSky

by-cjewett.bsky.social • 10 days ago

The F.D.A. is prepared to approve Covid vaccines for 65+ and for those with an underlying condition. If you're 65 and under and healthy? FDA wants more data:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/health/fda-covid-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik8.BxUZ.J90ZFxCt3D3t&smid=url-share

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stevenmatheson.bsky.social•10 days ago

Interested to see how this advice aligns with that of other countries regarding covid boosters.

sinajae.bsky.social•10 days ago

What about healthcare workers? A lot of Americans seem to expect healthcare workers to be martyrs for them but we actually have lives and families outside of work. We shouldn’t be expected to care for sick people without vaccines for ourselves.

elisawantstowrite.bsky.social•10 days ago

I wonder if chronic migraines count.

oldladybarbara.bsky.social•10 days ago

Around half of Covid deaths in the US are people who are younger than 65.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

michaelnamikas.bsky.social•10 days ago

MoRe DaTa 🥴

trodcan.bsky.social•10 days ago

How about using the data of the thousands and thousands of people who got vaccinated?

margotsibley25.bsky.social•10 days ago

Makes sense.

swgeneralmills.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ridiculous. They want reasons to deny it. Vile policy.

ivancesarspies.bsky.social•10 days ago

Chaos under 47' administration.

scotsandlit.bsky.social•9 days ago

Horrible

nick1tesla1.bsky.social•10 days ago

What the actual fuck?

cokie-o.bsky.social•10 days ago

Get ready for a lot of lost work hours and school hours due to call outs for being sick. I now have to get sick in the name of this man’s stupidity because I will not be allowed access to a vaccine that could prevent me from getting sick, sounds very logical.

jefg.bsky.social•10 days ago

How many people is RFK going to kill?

ricosuavejd.bsky.social•10 days ago

FDA needs to give me my fucking vaccine.

zelon-puss.bsky.social•9 days ago

you'll take what the fat fuhrer gives you and like it.

realbenisons.bsky.social•10 days ago

Glad you’re covering what FDA is doing and not doing

I would appreciate more explanation of how mRNA Covid vaccines have been tweaked in the past few years

You cite Durbin et al but I don’t see the exact reasons why Prasad + Makary are off base—please add if you have an explanation

realbenisons.bsky.social•10 days ago

And I am not a fan of continuing to describe RFK Jr as a skeptic

Because skepticism carries positive meanings of attention to detail and diligence and RFK Jr doesn’t qualify

realbenisons.bsky.social•10 days ago

I do agree with a lot of your framing

“Skeptic” is a bridge too far for me

realbenisons.bsky.social•10 days ago

if the Moderna and Pfizer covid vaccines are very easily tweaked, and have been tweaked and revised over the past few years, aren't the costs of delays/restrictions likely high while the benefits of delays/restrictions likely low?

I don't see that perspective in the story

jswca.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is counterproductive and ridiculous. Thanks to RFK Jr. and MAGA conspiracy theorists in the Trump Admin., more people will get sick.

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