September 8, 2025

COVID

The Guardian -   For many Americans, the new Covid vaccine guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), spearheaded by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and his highly controversial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, have added another layer of stress to an increasingly inaccessible healthcare system.

The agency authorized Covid vaccines for people 65 and older, who are known to be more at risk from serious illnesses from Covid infections, but younger people will only be eligible if they have an underlying medical condition that makes them particularly vulnerable.

With this upcoming fall and winter – the first where the US government hasn’t recommended widespread Covid vaccinations – these changes have introduced a creeping sense for many that their ageing or immunocompromised loved ones are in danger.

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