Stop RFK’s Block of 2025 COVID Vaccine Updates

I am writing to urge you to take immediate action to protect public health by ensuring the timely release of the updated 2025 COVID-19 vaccines. Under new rules issued by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccine manufacturers may be forced to conduct unnecessary placebo-controlled trials for updated shots, despite decades of precedent that allow streamlined approvals for revised vaccines, similar to flu shots (NBC News, April 2025). Delaying these boosters poses real risks. COVID remains a serious threat, particularly to seniors and immunocompromised people. The CDC has warned that immunity wanes and that updated vaccines are essential to reducing hospitalizations and deaths. Blocking or stalling this process is not only unscientific but also dangerous. I urge you to defend evidence-based public health policy and stop efforts to undermine vaccine access. Americans deserve safety and protection, not politics.