Rfk jr severely restricts the use of the new Covid vaccine and adds study requirements that add millions to cost

[Demovictory9]

Soon getting vaccinated will be.like trying to have an abortion in a red state

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/health/fda-novavax-covid-vaccine.html


F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions
The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.


The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, but only for older adults and for others over age 12 who have at least one medical condition that puts them at high risk from Covid.

Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who typically make decisions on who should get approved shots and when, have been debating whether to recommend Covid shots only to the most vulnerable Americans. The F.D.A.’s decision appeared to render at least part of their discussion moot.

The new restriction will sharply limit access to the Novavax vaccine for people under 65 who are in good health. It may leave Americans who do not have underlying conditions at risk if a more virulent version of the coronavirus were to emerge. It could also limit options for people who want the vaccine for a wide array of reasons, including to protect a vulnerable loved one.

The vaccine had previously been authorized under emergency use. Covid vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which are more widely used by Americans, were granted full approval in 2022. However, the companies are working on updated shots for the fall, and the new restrictions on the Novavax shot portend a more restrictive approach from the F.D.A.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The vaccine will become more expensive.

The older people who are eligible to receive it may not be able to afford it.

[erronis]

2. Since most of us are getting our vaccines via Medicare, we may be covered.

But since Bobby's brain-damaged spawn is in charge of the department that houses CMS (Medicare and Medicaid), we probably won't be covered.

[Irish_Dem]

6. I am assuming it won't be covered under Medicare if RFKjr gets his way.

And then we won't be able to afford.

[nitpicked]

3. Link to The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-fda-covid-vaccine-b2753381.html

[Demovictory9]

4. 'Vaccine expert says health secretary wants to 'make vaccines less available, more expensive, and more feared''

[Skittles]

5. sounds like RFJ Jr will be making your vaccine decisions for you

isn't that the repuke way?

[NBachers]

8. " is it time to get the government off the backs of the American people??" Ronald Hell Reagan

[Skittles]

9. they are always screaming about "gubmit overreach"

as usual, the hypocrisy is OFF THE CHARTS

[MoseShrute]

14. Exactly

Pukes are terrified of freedom.

[erronis]

7. There was a dystopian novel several years ago that was based on vaccines only given to the privileged

And novel viruses and other pathogens were tested on the isolated populace to understand their virulence. This was part of a warfare between a re-jiggered US and other countries.

I think this was aimed at a younger audience but it made an impression on me. If anyone remembers its name, please let me know.

[vapor2]

10. People will die

[sakabatou]

11. Great, more people are going to die/be injured under Dump.

[CrispyQ]

12. Covid is surging in Asia.

I got my vax a few weeks ago. Very few at the clinic were masked & practically no one at the stores is ever masked.

[TnDem]

23. Yep

Very few at the clinic were masked & practically no one at the stores is ever masked.

That would be me....

[Initech]

13. Worst HHS director in United States history!

[RJ-MacReady]

15. blue states

Need to ignore him.

[EndlessWire]

16. Whenever I think about vaccinations

I think about my diligent mother, who stood me in lines to get the shots I needed, and the sugar cubes, to prevent a catastrophe. Because of her, my MMR titers have been good all this time, and I am part of the old school, who knew what to do and did it, no matter how tired they were.

Bob is a buffoon, period. He said recently, "don't follow my advice." He wants to tear apart our health system, but not take responsibility for what he is doing. Trump, who famously said he would let the Secretary do whatever he wanted, apparently independently, also wants to avoid responsibility for the peril we are in. These men own whatever happens to us. It will be THEIR FAULT. This behavior is worthy of prison for a long, long time.

So, they are destroying all our cancer research, and preventing us from getting vaccinated--but they run to safety whenever they themselves are threatened with illness. Their loved ones, not ours, protected. This is like a nightmare you can't wake up from.

Viruses are indiscriminate. They get anyone who comes up in the line. They don't care what politics you follow. Talk about a swamp. I think I am going to stockpile masks while I can. They cannot regulate my behavior. At least, not for now.

I am profoundly sad when I think of all the fine cancer research destroyed by the policies of Donald Trump. There is a special place in hell for him. An ignoramus, fat, weak and dumber than anyone we have ever had as President. When he is finally gone, and they pull down the statues he erected to himself, all his portraits and tributes, I will be celebrating in my own style, and watching the fireworks display, heralding our new future. Until then, we have to hold on.

[Meowmee]

17. No surprise

Get rid of psycho rfk jr and the orange psycho who already murdered millions with covid.

[Hekate]

18. Screw that--I just got mine from my doc about 15 minutes ago. Regular exam. Asked about measles...

Turns out doc has been checking my blood for years and my 1950’s childhood case antibodies are still strong
Had the TDAP less than 10 years ago

I asked “how did this country get so stupid?” He agreed

[uponit7771]

19. So they're in effect tearing apart gov legally without legislation.

[Demovictory9]

21. Welll..turning Americans against vaxxing with no counter from feds

[Abolishinist]

20. Cheryl Hines is 59, too young to get vaccinated.

I sure hope nothing bad happens to her as a result of this.

[Paladin]

22. How long are we supposed to put up with this guy, jeopardizing our lives and the lives of our families?

We're stumbling back into another Covid-level horror show. And absolutely nobody in the current political regime seems to give a shit about it.

[Hekate]

24. Democrats "give a shit" -- but somehow it was MAGAGOP who won the trifecta in DC...

And somehow — funny how that works — the orange potus gets to make all the appointments at the executive level, and the magagop senate and congress get to appoint committee chairs and the House Speaker is L’il Pervy, who is in line for the presidency, and it just goes on and on.

[milestogo]

25. He is a blithering idiot with no scientific or medical credentials

and only other blithering idiots should listen to him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. It could be nearly impossible for Pfizer or Moderna to complete new trials in time for the fall season.

I know that the first round of covid testing was done in placebo control trials because my oldest child was in the Pfzier trial. Luckily my oldest got the vaccine in this trial. The new rules will make it very difficult to get updated for next fall

A new FDA mandate on Covid boosters means it could be nearly impossible for Pfizer or Moderna to complete new trials in time for the fall season.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-05-20T15:15:10Z

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-vaccines-fda-trials-delay-kids-adults-fall-rcna207718

Makary and Prasad said in a question and answer session later Tuesday that annual shots for healthy children and adults would no longer be routinely approved. They also suggested that the vaccines may not be updated each year.....

In briefing documents published earlier Tuesday, FDA staff wrote that updating the vaccines to more closely match currently circulating strains may “provide added benefit” in anticipation of an uptick in cases during the fall and winter.

The change means it will be near impossible for Pfizer and Moderna to complete the new trials in time for the fall season. Aside from running the trials, the drugmakers will still need to design the trials and enroll participants, which can also take several weeks or months.

The data would then need to be analyzed and signed off by the FDA.

I am over 65 and I am clearly high risk with COPD. I am worried that there will be no updated vaccine for any new variations this fall.