A small dose of sanity returns

well, at least the masks were only useless, and not dangerous; the vaccines were both

FDA plans to restrict annual COVID-19 shots to over-65s, officials say

Under the plan, the FDA will allow seniors and other high-risk populations to receive annual COVID shots, but will hold off on approving them for anyone else until more robust testing is done. 

“For all healthy persons — those with no risk factors for severe Covid-19 — between the ages of 6 months and 64 years, the FDA anticipates the need for randomized, controlled trial data evaluating clinical outcomes before Biologics License Applications can be granted,” read the new framework, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary and vaccine division chief