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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

FDA SHIFTS GEARS ON COVID, FOOD AND CHEMICALS

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Concrete shifts in U.S. health policy are taking shape as the FDA announces significant changes to its stance on COVID-19 vaccines, moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach. In addition, the agency is committing to an evidence-based overhaul of the long-criticized FDA food pyramid and is now setting its sights on legislative action targeting harmful weedkillers in the nation’s agricultural supply.

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0:00.0

The buzz here in D.C., in the health space, at least, is really these big moves.

0:05.4

We've been waiting five years, essentially, for these moves on the COVID vaccination.

0:09.8

It's been an unscientific go ship from the get-go, and we've been sailing off into this direction,

0:15.2

and no one knows what's going on.

0:17.0

So we finally have some concrete movements, and this is an exciting time. It's an exciting point

0:22.7

right now. So let's look at the FDA. So starting from the FDA, and this is the headlines that are

0:27.4

making right now. The FDA is going to limit the COVID shot approval to elderly and those with

0:33.5

medical conditions. So I want to also go into Secretary Kennedy's HHS posts on X,

0:38.4

and he had this to say. Among other things, he said the U.S. FDA is finally breaking away from

0:43.2

the one-size-fits-all vaccine policy that authorized COVID shots for every American over six

0:47.8

months old. The era of rubber-stamping COVID-vaccine COVID boosters is over. And presumably,

0:53.5

the safe and effective line,

0:55.5

we have to expect that to fall off as well.

0:57.5

Because this is a gigantic statement here alone.

1:00.3

We've had one-size-fits-all.

1:01.8

The entire vaccination paradigm outside of COVID

1:04.3

has been one-size-fits-all.

1:05.8

We've heard safe and effective.

1:07.1

So this shift right here is the start, hopefully,

1:10.8

of something we're going to see a wider conversation around evidence and actual science.

1:14.6

Yeah, well, it's huge, but lots of debates on this, Jeffrey.

1:18.6

I actually, I texted you this morning and said, I really want the details today because we're hearing things all over the map.

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