All COVID vaccines were first released under Emergency Use Authorizations. But the “emergency” was COVID itself.
Moderna and Pfizer were the first, and have since been fully approved by going through the appropriate FDA process and undergoing clinical testing on an unprecedented scale.
Those mRNA vaccines could be rapidly developed because of the revolutionary technology involved. Novavax - a “traditional” vaccine - was first EUA’d in October 2022. It came much later and still needed to go through the same approval process, but its access wasn’t restricted except to under 18s. Adults over the age of 18 could get Novovax as a standalone, or as a booster in cases where their first vaccine was not available or appropriate.
Novavax has just completed the FDA approval process and received a different authorization. They have somehow passed the review, but in doing so, it’s access has now been restricted.
Why? Is it because of efficacy, or safety? The EUA was originally granted because it passed review of its safety and efficacy, but the more extensive approval process would have more clinical trial data to verify both.
Interestingly enough, the FDA hasn’t stated why the vaccine received such a bizarre approval. No announcement of what, exactly is the reasoning why under 65’s would not be allowed to receive it. Is it too risky? That’d be odd, considering senior citizens can get it. Is it not proven to work? That’d also be strange, because senior citizens can get it, and their immune systems are worse.
Who knows? With an anti-vax asshole as head of the DOH, who can say for sure?
Well, fun fact - this means there is no traditional vaccine that is fully authorized for normal adult use.
The mRNA vaccines bear a lot of unfounded controversy. Of the unvaccinated, many Americans who weren’t entirely anti-vax but were scared of the brand new technology, wanted traditional vaccines. Many of the unvaccinated were scared of the “emergency” in emergency use authorization, and wanted to see long-term proof that they were safe.
Now, underneath the authority of a well-known anti-vaccine madman and his treasonous, self-serving felon of a boss, that option never came to fruition.
No “traditional” vaccine will be “traditionally” authorized, for the kind of “traditional” people who might just be scared of new things, and wanted to “wait and see.” The mRNA vaccines were a modern goddamn miracle and a shining achievement of human ingenuity, but I get it. People are scared, panicky animals, and they’ll make all sorts of rationalizations.
Those people could still benefit from being vaccinated, and now they won’t have that “safe” option.
All COVID vaccines were first released under Emergency Use Authorizations. But the “emergency” was COVID itself.
Moderna and Pfizer were the first, and have since been fully approved by going through the appropriate FDA process and undergoing clinical testing on an unprecedented scale.
Those mRNA vaccines could be rapidly developed because of the revolutionary technology involved. Novavax - a “traditional” vaccine - was first EUA’d in October 2022. It came much later and still needed to go through the same approval process, but its access wasn’t restricted except to under 18s. Adults over the age of 18 could get Novovax as a standalone, or as a booster in cases where their first vaccine was not available or appropriate.
Novavax has just completed the FDA approval process and received a different authorization. They have somehow passed the review, but in doing so, it’s access has now been restricted.
Why? Is it because of efficacy, or safety? The EUA was originally granted because it passed review of its safety and efficacy, but the more extensive approval process would have more clinical trial data to verify both.
Interestingly enough, the FDA hasn’t stated why the vaccine received such a bizarre approval. No announcement of what, exactly is the reasoning why under 65’s would not be allowed to receive it. Is it too risky? That’d be odd, considering senior citizens can get it. Is it not proven to work? That’d also be strange, because senior citizens can get it, and their immune systems are worse.
Who knows? With an anti-vax asshole as head of the DOH, who can say for sure?
Well, fun fact - this means there is no traditional vaccine that is fully authorized for normal adult use.
The mRNA vaccines bear a lot of unfounded controversy. Of the unvaccinated, many Americans who weren’t entirely anti-vax but were scared of the brand new technology, wanted traditional vaccines. Many of the unvaccinated were scared of the “emergency” in emergency use authorization, and wanted to see long-term proof that they were safe.
Now, underneath the authority of a well-known anti-vaccine madman and his treasonous, self-serving felon of a boss, that option never came to fruition.
No “traditional” vaccine will be “traditionally” authorized, for the kind of “traditional” people who might just be scared of new things, and wanted to “wait and see.” The mRNA vaccines were a modern goddamn miracle and a shining achievement of human ingenuity, but I get it. People are scared, panicky animals, and they’ll make all sorts of rationalizations.
Those people could still benefit from being vaccinated, and now they won’t have that “safe” option.
Under RFK Jr., I can only imagine why.
Thanks, your explanation really fills in the gaps that the article didn’t address.