Vinay Prasad on Risk-Stratified COVID Vaccination: recommends

What Prasad says

Dr. Vinay Prasad and Commissioner Marty Makary, in their May 20, 2025 New England Journal of Medicine framework, recommend limiting COVID-19 vaccines to people aged 65 and older or at high risk of serious illness. Prasad says manufacturers should run additional large studies to evaluate benefits before shots are extended to children and healthy younger adults.

His stated reasoning

Prasad’s stated reasoning is that the randomized evidence does not support vaccination of young, healthy populations — a position he had argued for years before joining the FDA. Under his framework, the burden of proof shifts to manufacturers to demonstrate benefit in each lower-risk group before authorization expands.

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