Former FDA Commissioners Raise Alarm Over New Vaccine Policy

The US Food and Drug Administration’s new vaccine approval philosophy upends established regulatory practices and could put the health and safety of Americans at risk, according to an article written by a dozen of the agency’s former leaders.

The revamped framework was described in an internal email written by Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, last week. Prasad said the agency will impose stricter standards for immunizations after he claimed — without evidence — that a review found 10 children died because they received a Covid vaccine. He also suggested that agency employees should quit if they disagreed with him.