The Trump administration plans to impose a new testing requirement for new vaccines — a demand that could delay the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines and complicate the approval of other vaccines.
The administration will require all new vaccines to be tested against an inert substance known as a placebo before they can be made available, which is a “radical departure from past practices,” according to a statement from Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services.
Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss RFK’s making good on a promise to pursue the “gold standard” of scientific research in vetting vaccines at HHS.