Vince Colonese

People hear that, and they're rightly completely outraged by it.

You're also reducing the amount of medicines that the FDA recommends get injected into human beings, which is nice. It was last week, I think. that you came out and said, enough with COVID jabs for the kids, enough with COVID jabs for everybody under the age of 65. That's not happening unless we have some extraordinarily good data to support it. Can you take us through the decision-making there?

You're also reducing the amount of medicines that the FDA recommends get injected into human beings, which is nice. It was last week, I think. that you came out and said, enough with COVID jabs for the kids, enough with COVID jabs for everybody under the age of 65. That's not happening unless we have some extraordinarily good data to support it. Can you take us through the decision-making there?

You're also reducing the amount of medicines that the FDA recommends get injected into human beings, which is nice. It was last week, I think. that you came out and said, enough with COVID jabs for the kids, enough with COVID jabs for everybody under the age of 65. That's not happening unless we have some extraordinarily good data to support it. Can you take us through the decision-making there?

But doesn't, you know, the COVID jabs forcing them, especially in young people, hasn't it just been hurting them? I mean, the downsides seem more meaningful than the upsides.

But doesn't, you know, the COVID jabs forcing them, especially in young people, hasn't it just been hurting them? I mean, the downsides seem more meaningful than the upsides.

But doesn't, you know, the COVID jabs forcing them, especially in young people, hasn't it just been hurting them? I mean, the downsides seem more meaningful than the upsides.

okay does the so let me go back for a second you mentioned hepatitis b and i'm curious about that because um i know a lot of uh parents of newborns they have to make decisions about which vaccines their kids get right away there's a vaccine schedule right does the fda handle the vaccine schedule that's a recommend recommended schedule of vaccines to receive it's actually at the cdc is that the cdc okay

okay does the so let me go back for a second you mentioned hepatitis b and i'm curious about that because um i know a lot of uh parents of newborns they have to make decisions about which vaccines their kids get right away there's a vaccine schedule right does the fda handle the vaccine schedule that's a recommend recommended schedule of vaccines to receive it's actually at the cdc is that the cdc okay

okay does the so let me go back for a second you mentioned hepatitis b and i'm curious about that because um i know a lot of uh parents of newborns they have to make decisions about which vaccines their kids get right away there's a vaccine schedule right does the fda handle the vaccine schedule that's a recommend recommended schedule of vaccines to receive it's actually at the cdc is that the cdc okay

but i'll ask you anyway because as a medical doctor as the commissioner of the fda one of the things um that i heard the incoming uh uh surgeon general casey means talk about in the past is that hepatitis b is a sexually transmitted disease so why is a newborn being given a hepatitis b vaccine at all what's the what's the point of that

but i'll ask you anyway because as a medical doctor as the commissioner of the fda one of the things um that i heard the incoming uh uh surgeon general casey means talk about in the past is that hepatitis b is a sexually transmitted disease so why is a newborn being given a hepatitis b vaccine at all what's the what's the point of that

but i'll ask you anyway because as a medical doctor as the commissioner of the fda one of the things um that i heard the incoming uh uh surgeon general casey means talk about in the past is that hepatitis b is a sexually transmitted disease so why is a newborn being given a hepatitis b vaccine at all what's the what's the point of that

And also treating all of this like it's a matter of religious orthodoxy is just really alienating people. They're like, you know, people, they don't trust the system and for good reason because they're not treated like the adults that they are.

And also treating all of this like it's a matter of religious orthodoxy is just really alienating people. They're like, you know, people, they don't trust the system and for good reason because they're not treated like the adults that they are.

And also treating all of this like it's a matter of religious orthodoxy is just really alienating people. They're like, you know, people, they don't trust the system and for good reason because they're not treated like the adults that they are.

That tells you everything. So yeah, I was gonna ask you about that. One in six healthcare workers, only one in six keep getting the COVID jab. Everybody else is not doing it. And I've seen some of the coverage of this, including your decision to back off on these recommendations for everybody to get COVID jabs all the time. And one of the critiques is like, well, I saw Stat News wrote about it.

That tells you everything. So yeah, I was gonna ask you about that. One in six healthcare workers, only one in six keep getting the COVID jab. Everybody else is not doing it. And I've seen some of the coverage of this, including your decision to back off on these recommendations for everybody to get COVID jabs all the time. And one of the critiques is like, well, I saw Stat News wrote about it.

That tells you everything. So yeah, I was gonna ask you about that. One in six healthcare workers, only one in six keep getting the COVID jab. Everybody else is not doing it. And I've seen some of the coverage of this, including your decision to back off on these recommendations for everybody to get COVID jabs all the time. And one of the critiques is like, well, I saw Stat News wrote about it.

They were like, Well, one in six health care workers are getting the COVID jabs, and then they get some expert to respond. And they're like, well, that's basically like science by public opinion polling. That's not the way we should do it. Saying even health care professionals are being ridiculous.