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Vaccines eliminated the scourge of smallpox - the biggest killer in history
"...In a significant shift in COVID-19 vaccination policy, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans this week to limit access to future vaccine doses in the United States. Under the new regulatory framework, outlined by FDA officials Drs. Vinay Prasad and Martin A. Makary in the New England Journal of Medicine, annual COVID-19 booster shots will primarily be available to older adults—typically those over 65—and to individuals aged 6 months and older with underlying medical conditions that put them at high risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes.
This policy marks a major departure from previous policy. It is being promoted as a way to further normalize the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and treat SARS-CoV-2 as just another respiratory virus among the many that sicken the population each year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines eligible high-risk conditions broadly, including obesity, mental health conditions like depression, asthma, cancer, heart disease and diabetes. FDA officials estimate that, under the new strategy, between 100 million and 200 million Americans—roughly 30 to 60 percent of the US population—will remain eligible for vaccines. However, this framework would leave many healthy Americans, including younger adults and children, potentially ineligible for routine vaccination, despite the risks posed by Long COVID, which affects 4-10 percent of the US population. Roughly 1 in 10 adults who have had COVID-19 develop this debilitating condition.
For healthy individuals between 6 months and 64 years old without risk factors, the FDA now requires randomized, controlled trial data evaluating clinical outcomes before granting Biologics License Applications for vaccines in this group. This demand for more robust evidence exceeds previous authorization processes for updated boosters, which often relied on immunogenicity data.
In their NEJM article, Prasad and Makary cynically argue that these policy changes aim to prevent further declines in immunization rates caused by eroding public trust in vaccination. They reference declining MMR vaccination rates for measles, correctly noting that these vaccines are safe and protective. However, they do not acknowledge that mistrust in vaccines has been fueled by the very individuals and institutions now shaping public health policy, who have promoted conspiracies and alternative treatments instead of sound scientific advice.
Prasad and Makary themselves have a well-documented history of undermining public health measures and promoting pseudoscientific positions. Both have been outspoken critics of previous FDA policies, with Prasad labeling the agency a “failure” and calling annual COVID-19 boosters “a public health disaster the likes of which we’ve never seen before.” Makary, meanwhile, has repeatedly minimized the dangers of COVID-19, falsely predicting the pandemic would be “mostly gone” by April 2021, and has lent credibility to the Wuhan Lab Lie conspiracy theory, despite a lack of supporting evidence.
Their rhetoric mirrors that of the anti-vaccine movement, recycling arguments long used by opponents of science-based medicine. During the pandemic, Prasad in particular became a prominent critic of mask mandates, lockdowns and efforts to speed the deployment of vaccines, aligning himself with reactionary figures and platforms that have consistently opposed effective public health interventions.
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This is an extensive three-part interview with Dr. Daszak, which was conducted on May 4, 2025, with the World Socialist Web Site as part of the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was initiated to “break through the cover-up, falsification and misinformation that have been deployed to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions since the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2.” We urge our readers to share this interview as widely as possible.
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Vaccines eliminated the scourge of smallpox - the biggest killer in history
"...In a significant shift in COVID-19 vaccination policy, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans this week to limit access to future vaccine doses in the United States. Under the new regulatory framework, outlined by FDA officials Drs. Vinay Prasad and Martin A. Makary in the New England Journal of Medicine, annual COVID-19 booster shots will primarily be available to older adults—typically those over 65—and to individuals aged 6 months and older with underlying medical conditions that put them at high risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes.
This policy marks a major departure from previous policy. It is being promoted as a way to further normalize the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and treat SARS-CoV-2 as just another respiratory virus among the many that sicken the population each year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines eligible high-risk conditions broadly, including obesity, mental health conditions like depression, asthma, cancer, heart disease and diabetes. FDA officials estimate that, under the new strategy, between 100 million and 200 million Americans—roughly 30 to 60 percent of the US population—will remain eligible for vaccines. However, this framework would leave many healthy Americans, including younger adults and children, potentially ineligible for routine vaccination, despite the risks posed by Long COVID, which affects 4-10 percent of the US population. Roughly 1 in 10 adults who have had COVID-19 develop this debilitating condition.
For healthy individuals between 6 months and 64 years old without risk factors, the FDA now requires randomized, controlled trial data evaluating clinical outcomes before granting Biologics License Applications for vaccines in this group. This demand for more robust evidence exceeds previous authorization processes for updated boosters, which often relied on immunogenicity data.
In their NEJM article, Prasad and Makary cynically argue that these policy changes aim to prevent further declines in immunization rates caused by eroding public trust in vaccination. They reference declining MMR vaccination rates for measles, correctly noting that these vaccines are safe and protective. However, they do not acknowledge that mistrust in vaccines has been fueled by the very individuals and institutions now shaping public health policy, who have promoted conspiracies and alternative treatments instead of sound scientific advice.
Prasad and Makary themselves have a well-documented history of undermining public health measures and promoting pseudoscientific positions. Both have been outspoken critics of previous FDA policies, with Prasad labeling the agency a “failure” and calling annual COVID-19 boosters “a public health disaster the likes of which we’ve never seen before.” Makary, meanwhile, has repeatedly minimized the dangers of COVID-19, falsely predicting the pandemic would be “mostly gone” by April 2021, and has lent credibility to the Wuhan Lab Lie conspiracy theory, despite a lack of supporting evidence.
Their rhetoric mirrors that of the anti-vaccine movement, recycling arguments long used by opponents of science-based medicine. During the pandemic, Prasad in particular became a prominent critic of mask mandates, lockdowns and efforts to speed the deployment of vaccines, aligning himself with reactionary figures and platforms that have consistently opposed effective public health interventions.
Amid new COVID-19 wave, FDA places millions at risk by restricting access to vaccines
The FDA’s new policy limits COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to older adults and high-risk groups, excluding millions from routine protection, including against Long COVID and future infection waves.
www.wsws.org
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This is an extensive three-part interview with Dr. Daszak, which was conducted on May 4, 2025, with the World Socialist Web Site as part of the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was initiated to “break through the cover-up, falsification and misinformation that have been deployed to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions since the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2.” We urge our readers to share this interview as widely as possible.
An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wuhan lab lie and the defense of science—Part 1
In this exclusive interview with the WSWS, Dr. Daszak recounts the story of his persecution and that of other principled scientists falsely accused of bearing responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org
An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wuhan Lab Lie and the defense of science—Part 2
In this exclusive interview with the WSWS, Dr. Daszak recounts the story of his persecution and that of other principled scientists falsely accused of bearing responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org
An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wuhan Lab Lie and the defense of science—Part 3
In this exclusive interview with the WSWS, Dr. Daszak recounts the story of his persecution and that of other principled scientists falsely accused of bearing responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org
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