The administration of US President Donald Trump announced last Wednesday, May 21 that “will limit the approval” of vaccines against the COVID-19which provide protection against the risk of serious illness, considering that the Coronavirus It spreads among people who are in direct contact.
After the announcement of the Republican president, the officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDAfor its acronym in English) established new rules for vaccines against COVID-19, because, although A person can still get sick after vaccinatingit is more likely to have Mild symptoms or none.
Given this situation, the medical magazine published by the Medical Society of Massachusetts, New England Journal of Medicinebegan to press all pharmaceutical companies to carry out “broad and prolonged studies” before the New modified vaccines against COVID-19 can be approved for people healthy.
“The announcement of the Donald Trump’s government is really a Radical rupture of the previous federal policy, which recommended a Annual vaccine against COVID-19 for all major American citizens of six months”, Added the American magazine, recognized for its focus on clinical research and medical practice.
Who can receive the COVID-19 vaccine?
Food and medication administration, the agency responsible for protecting public health guaranteeing the safety of medicationssaid that Vaccines against COVID-19 will remain available for adults of 65 years or more, as well as for children and adults with at least one high -risk health problem.
Given the circumstances, the doctor Vinay Prasad, The head of vaccines in the FDA said that, with the new policy of President Donald Trump, at least 100 million US citizens They should receive reinforcement, because this is the approximate people who are in the group of High risk.
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“We simply do not know the response to whether many US citizens should or may not receive the Seventh reinforcement For the COVID-19, ”said Prasad, who joined the FDA in the early 2025, after having spent more than a decade criticizing The way in which the United States manages the approval of medicines.
“Will they determine the Pharmacists If anyone is in a high -risk group? The only thing that can get out of this is that vaccines are less covered by insurance and are less available”He warned expert In vaccines, who considers that the new FDA approach will limit the options of parents and their children in the US.
According to the television network Univisionmore than 48 thousand American citizens died For causes related to COVID-19 in 2024: “The virus was the underlying cause in two thirds of those deaths and a contributing factor in the rest,” added the environment, based on the data of the disease control centers.
“Among the deceased there were 232 children whose deaths were considered related to COVID-19, with 135 of them having the virus as direct causefigures similar to annual pediatric deaths by flu”He said Sean O’Leary, of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who was interviewed by the American television network.
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