Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://gographicsoutput.com/video/pjhiJPu8Qvk.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter FDA Plans to Restrict COVID Shot to Seniors & People at High Risk [0WvHUTMIabp] Health Updated on August 05, 2026 EDT — Published on August 05, 2026 EDT Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: Subscribe for more Quickie News: Members of the World Health Organization have overwhelmingly voted to adopt the first treaty aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding to any future pandemic. And notably, of course, the United States isn’t one of them since Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the country out of the organization on his very first day back in office. And in fact, with that, his administration is now also reportedly poised to restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines – which is notable because the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s the whole reason we have this treaty in the first place. And all this, as I mentioned, within the United States, we’re seeing the FDA now limiting access to the Covid-19 vaccine – specifically for most healthy Americans under 65. With the agency saying that manufacturers would have to conduct randomized, controlled clinical trials before updated vaccines would receive approval for healthier people. And there, to be clear, health experts say there are legitimate questions about how necessary or beneficial it would be for everyone to get vaccinated if they’re low-risk. With one former federal vaccine official telling NPR: "The FDA is signaling a major departure from the one-size-fits-all approach that's largely defined the U.S. vaccination policy until now. Not everyone is at equal risk and public policy should reflect that reality." On the flip side, of course, you have critics saying there are a number of issues with this decision and the way it’s being made. Right, for one, this is happening without the usual input from independent outside advisers – and that’s even though there actually is a CDC panel scheduled to debate which vaccines should be recommended to which groups in June. Two, there’s concern that this could make insurance less likely to cover covid vaccines. And three, connected to that, they say that given the overwhelming evidence that COVID vaccines are safe and effective, what this policy is really doing is robbing people of choice. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Jared Paolino, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #WHO #Politics #DonaldTrump eM3sRThivis j1B7K9xmTAf qw7q9vStOij cRRBRvBdqDb zVvZPZ5RyP6
Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: Subscribe for more Quickie News: Members of the World Health Organization have overwhelmingly voted to adopt the first treaty aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding to any future pandemic. And notably, of course, the United States isn’t one of them since Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the country out of the organization on his very first day back in office. And in fact, with that, his administration is now also reportedly poised to restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines – which is notable because the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s the whole reason we have this treaty in the first place. And all this, as I mentioned, within the United States, we’re seeing the FDA now limiting access to the Covid-19 vaccine – specifically for most healthy Americans under 65. With the agency saying that manufacturers would have to conduct randomized, controlled clinical trials before updated vaccines would receive approval for healthier people. And there, to be clear, health experts say there are legitimate questions about how necessary or beneficial it would be for everyone to get vaccinated if they’re low-risk. With one former federal vaccine official telling NPR: "The FDA is signaling a major departure from the one-size-fits-all approach that's largely defined the U.S. vaccination policy until now. Not everyone is at equal risk and public policy should reflect that reality." On the flip side, of course, you have critics saying there are a number of issues with this decision and the way it’s being made. Right, for one, this is happening without the usual input from independent outside advisers – and that’s even though there actually is a CDC panel scheduled to debate which vaccines should be recommended to which groups in June. Two, there’s concern that this could make insurance less likely to cover covid vaccines. And three, connected to that, they say that given the overwhelming evidence that COVID vaccines are safe and effective, what this policy is really doing is robbing people of choice. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Jared Paolino, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #WHO #Politics #DonaldTrump eM3sRThivis j1B7K9xmTAf qw7q9vStOij cRRBRvBdqDb zVvZPZ5RyP6