Doctors get to decide what I get or don't get. HHS secretary is trying to practice medicine without a license.

Also, discount Metrorail cards!

I can't help but think of those that work with our most vulnerable populations; sick, elderly, young children, who will not have the option.

As someone under 65 who developed atrial fibrillation after having covid but who is considered cured from the ablation that I had a few months later, I'm terrified.

Honestly I think at this point the US is in DJT crosshairs for his revenge tour! The US better be aware that his goal is to tank the economy and make people sick. There is no other explanation for his lunacy!

How can they stop people under 65 from getting vaccines?

Good news for me too

Right there with you Joyce. Actually ahead of you a few yrs lol.

Welcome!

Ha! Me too- just turned 65 in Jan.

me too, but this is not good news: the more active cases of the illness around us, the greater chance of our geezer shots not working

I have an underlying medical condition that I now can say I am thankful for. Geeze… it should also qualify me as disabled but there’s too much red tape to apply and get approved and with the guts and cuts I likely will never qualify.

Dumbasses just catering to the MAGA morons. They have no right to limit access to anyone else who wants it.

* Welcome to Dementia Trump’s Insurrection “Reality Show”, Where Trump speaks from all of the mouths of his Administration Appointees. Entertainment for the MAGA Family Base and the people around him do not care. “synthesis” *

I’m 62 and went to CVS this morning for my booster, I’ll pay out of pocket if I have to for my next one. What about nurses or teachers or someone with an old or vulnerable person to care for at home? Do they want us dead?

Are you fucking kidding me? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? (Not about turning 65.)

This is 🤬 obscene!

Continued hibernation for me. What will the World 🌎 look like in 5 years?

Limiting vaccines now…what could go wrong? These people are sick in the head.

But at least, it appears billionaires will still get their tax breaks

Phewww, I was concerned about that.

😂

😂😂

They’ll get Covid boosters too.

I have gotten every vaccination. I got covid at the beginning of March. I still have fatigue and can't walk but about 100 ft without resting. Covid is a bitch from hell. Good luck to those under 65, it's not like a cold.

I hope you will eventually get back to normal.

Thanks. I hope so, too.

My pre condition is that I am old. I tried to preserve myself. So, I should get the Covid booster to keep me from getting sick. My age demands it!

Senior discounts. But I'd still rather have a functioning government.

I said the same thing today to my other half, Joyce

I booked my shot 10 minutes ago. There is little to like about getting old(er). Being able to get vaccinated is good, but that's only because we're at risk of getting sicker than sick--not so good. Stay healthy, everyone, and you lawyers need to sue the bastards every which way.

Yeah I recently got a COVID booster in the past few and I'm in the process of getting my hepatitis vaccines (there's 3 I've had 2, I am exposed to wildlife and exotic animals). I hope this is reversed soon.

How long will the vaccine be available for those of us already 65+?

This administration seems to want us poor, stupid and dead.

Eugenics

Seems? They do and are doing it and some of us voted for it

But not necessarily in that order.

Whose idea was that, I wonder ?

So "CHOICE" has been removed for all others.

I’m 8 years too young. But at least my dad can get them.

I’m hoping my doctor will let me get it…we are traveling to Africa this fall. I will be 61 in June.

There have been no updates to the #covid vaccine for more then 6 months. Will there be? Also the more unvaccinated, the more variants will present. Good luck...

. Republicans are Trump accomplices. They are all in this together. Remember. >>> This would all STOP if they objected. <<< They have now become the enemy. Treat them accordingly!

What next, polio vaccines for people over 65?!?! DEMENTED Republicans.

I'm over 65, and my doctor recommends them every six months.

I get it. But we should remember a time not long ago, when we didn’t feel “happy” that our gov didn’t have a target on our backs. It was normal and expected to feel safe FROM the government.

Right? But...I'm 64 soon, had eveey shot since the beginning and now for one year I *cannot* get one?

We are all high risk at this point.

Hey so the double mastectomy, reconstruction, chemo and radiation I had five years ago and the lymphedema I live with as a result means I can still get Covid boosters at the fresh age of 46? Yay me for having cancer? 🤨

One million and counting

Great. I’m 62 , have had long covid , and a really effed up immune system from lymph nodes being removed. Damn them

Question: What about nurses and other front-line medical personnel ? Many nurses died during the first pandemic wave, while altruistically helping their sick COVID patients. That’s part of the reason for the ongoing shortage of nurses in hospitals right now.

Ditto.

Funny how covid boosters are considered a perk at 65.

My 3 daughters work at hospitals. So they cant be protected and they cant protect their patients. Seems like that makes NON sense.

This is one of the few areas where it may pay to get older. LOL.

As someone who just got there, I’d second that & also add getting on Medicare as another 65+ bonus.

Is this from the real doctors or Secretary Worm Brain’s quacks?

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Because the Trump administration didn’t kill enough Americans the first time around.

I know right😂

You have a long way to 65! You might be about 53 now, right?

So I have to wait two years before I can get a booster. I hope all of these maga rulers burn in hell for eternity. They are trying to kill us. That’s the plan.

Careful, Joyce - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social - they have a desire to get rid of seniors and those who are compromised, all of whom they view as weak and useless. And they want to gut social security. AND they’re anti-vax. 🤔 I’d be leery of what they’ll put in those vaccines.

Most states don't require a fishing license at that age.

Too bad all your neighbors will be breeding and broadcasting new variants.

Digging down deeper into what FDA published as a comment, this is smoke and mirrors. The bar for qualifying as high risk, is low. (What's more troubling is the type of clinical trials required.)

Frankly, I don't see how access to these vaccines can be prohibited by age. It might not be paid for by government funds, but there are a zillion ways around this.

Yeah,but I'm a DAV, 59 with Bullous Emphysema. 30% of my right lung is gone, 20% of my left. The VA will be strict! They refused a shingles vax because it was 28 days before my 50th. I had to wait a month, and make a 1 hr each way trip. Ghouls, all of them.

They should be deported to a 3rd world country like ElSalvador, Libya or Sudan.

Joyce, I’m glad we’re allowed to have a basic vaccine deemed effective by FDA. Sheesh. I worked for 50+ years to get Medicare &Social Security & still pay Medicare premiums. Am far happier with these “entitlements” than any employer program ever available to me at leading employers.

At 75 (!) now, my golden years are here. My “entitlements” are owed. I paid for ‘em & I damn well expect US Government to keep its longstanding obligations, not withstanding trump’s greedy criminal syndicate, Thiel, Leonard Leo, Elon et al. OH…raise the retirement age? who will hire me at 75?

I was laid off at 67, I tried for 2+ years to get a job doing my same legal profession I've done for 40 years but couldn't get hired - it was blatant age discrimination, but try proving it. I had never had an issue before in getting hired.

I am so sorry. I was laid off 65 & found good contract position. I worked for physician entrepreneur (half my age) at his tech start up. When his 2nd round funding failed, he folded. Apart from my efforts, COVID hit in 2021. Point is: seniors are unwanted by most employers. Gotta have plan B.

And everyone "says" there's no ageism. It's WHY we get laid off.

Sexism, too. Women are often second class. The women who rise up to managers are guilty of it too.

They are the worst!!

Yup. But I quit looking. Between SS & my 401k/IRA I'm good. But the extra $ would be nice for a few years. Plan B - may start looking again using the resume & fake name & see where it goes.

All they do is google your name & there you are with your age listed. I was seriously considering using a fake name & burner phone on my resume & start applying again & see how far I get.

Worth a try. The usual dodge is to remove as many age identifiers as possible from letters and experience. It can backfire when they check references.

Working would be a plus, but really I want to try it, just to "finger them" for age discrimination.

My references will cover for me. I only list the last couple of jobs since I was there for so long so they really can't figure out my age. I may change the name of the last job & say its shut down. The other places I worked really are shut down so there's no way to verify past employment.

Babies under 6 months have the highest risk of needing hospital care for COVID-19. Babies younger than 6 months aren't eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, which adds to their risk.

I'm a bit younger, but thank God I've got the preconditions. 🥰

Not to worry. 65 is the new 45.

Keep your health & vigor (& your mind) and you will love all your ages. 😘

I submitted my public comment just now to advocate for no restrictions.

They also just recommended that you shine a light up your ass if you do get Covid.

Guess I’m getting my booster in Canada.

The GOP is creating a black market for Covid vaccine and toothpaste with fluoride.

My grandson who is a one-year-old has had Covid twice.

You don’t look it! It’s not so bad!

What is the point of this exactly?

Cruelty.

Always with them isn’t it.

killing as many of us as possible so that they can raise a new generation of indoctrinated hitler babies

Yeah- this sounds about right.

This sounds about white (or reich)

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

The only point to this is retribution. They want us sick, weak, and dead. Fuck tRump, fuck maga, fuck them all to the hell they claim to believe in.

This is really disturbing news. I certainly hope this will be contested in court.

Only in this clown show of a Department of Health…

Are we really supposed to trust the FDA that’s run by *this* administration?

The bleach crew.

Why would anyone trust a republican?

You and me, both, Joyce! This is a tough one.

"Let's just kick the viral mutations into full gear" does not sound like the best plan to me.

Meanwhile, 63 I’m gonna be looking for a fake ID like an 18-year-old going on spring break

May the lawsuits overwhelm these domestic terrorists.

21 months + 10 days away for me. But since I’m losing my health insurance end of July, I’m more thinking about Medicare eligibility at 65 and if it’s still going to be there.

This is how I feel about my fertility and menopause.

Hope the cdc reverses this

Same!

Could be you'll have to wait 5 more years for Medicare to cover it, though.

Long Covid spike in cases here we come.

Vile policy from conspiracy loons now running the @fda.gov.

Joyce, I wasn’t happy about turning 65, but that’s because my partner got CRC, lost a colon, and we were supposed to be starting retirement on a positive note, not with COVID and cancer! Maybe we can sup. SocSec by bootlegging shots! Just kidding. 😉. Btw, you look great for that age!😂

This is yet another one of their efforts to cull the herd. Limiting COVID shot/booster to those over 65 will not stop the spread of or exposure to COVID for the older population. They’d still be exposed to COVID from those younger than 65. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Another ignorant dangerous action taken by this incompetent admin that will kill people.

That is the idea! Vaccine for me and not for you!

Me too! I’m 73 with a past heart attack! RFK JR, is not the brightest bulb in his family’s pack!

I was 64 when the vaccine came out so I had to hold my breath for half a year.

I guess I’m lucky to have a pre-existing condition that compromises my immune system? Although none in my family would be eligible so I’m I really protected?

This only confirms that they know vaccines work & are harmless. Otherwise, why authorize them for anyone?

Fucking morons.

Can’t wait to see how this works out during the fall and winter. The underfunded hospitals must be doing cartwheels over this news. 🤦‍♂️

Medicare and SS aren't bad either!

Morons running the FDA now.

Me too…but the meantime, no shot for my adult children. Damn!

Such bullshit!

Yes but new strains (and old) will run rampant in those who are younger - exposing those over 65 unnecessarily.

Reminds me of pre ACA when 60 year olds paid through the nose for insurance. Shouldn’t people have a choice?

Why is this administration waging war against it's citizens? Could I be they don't care about us or are they just that frigging stupid.

Does anybody know Marty's rationale for this new reg? Our is he just a sicko psycho republican surgeon doing shit for laughs?

Not giving a flying f$&@ about what other people think of you is also quite liberating.

Welcome to the senior citizen club! Glad I can continue to get COVID shots also.

S O N O F A B I T C H

I have been fully vaccinated since 2020. I have never had Covid. I guess we'll see what happens because I don't meet the criteria needed for a shot this year.

Same here. Masking up will be our only option. 😬

I hope your luck continues

You’ve never had Covid *that you’re aware of. Lots of people are asymptomatic so they never know.

You are correct. I have never "tested positive" for Covid. I did have influenza A this winter and that was bad enough.

My daughter has never had Covid that she is aware of either. I’d say you’re both in the minority which is a good place to be. Not a club anyone wants to join if they can help it.

Glad I’m 65.. never thought I’d be happy getting older.

Is that a medical decision or a political one...

People under 65 that aren't high risk can still die from COVID, so I hope they like lawsuits.

I guess I’m glad I’m high risk?🙄

Or contract Covid and then pass it along to a vulnerable person. This is simply a shortcut to abandoning the vulnerable.

Yah. Get Covid and visit one of these guys and pass it along.

This administration really want kill Americans.

This is asinine. Prepare for a disaster.

this is so stupid, and will NOT MAHA

Every person alive is at high risk of serious illness while the COVID virus is still in existence! Look at the supposedly extinct Measles disease in the USA, and now we have over 1000 confirmed cases up from less than 100 just a year or two ago!

I don't actually believe it. I think it's coming from the office of someone placed by Robert Kennedy Junior or another Trump appointee. I am over 65 but if I were under 65 I would get them anyway.

Yep. Plan to.

Except that the vaccine isn’t completely effective and seniors still risk infection from unvaccinated seniors and younger individuals who are prevented from getting vaccinated.

Vaccines are completely effective. They are not a preventative from catching it, they prevent you from dying from Covid.

An older person who contracts COVID is more likely to die and no vaccine is 100% preventive. Prohibiting certain populations from vaccination only increases the risk of infection.

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It doesn't impact me (I'm 80) but why does the government have the right to make medical decisions for anybody? It just seems wrong.

Right? But I can’t stand they’re going to condemn millions to the possibility of long term damage to their health over quackery. We must fight this.

I don’t get it: Qatar showered this administration (lower case) with billions of dollars, so why is it aggressively punishing Americans by denying them even a shred of a benefit?

Because trump is a fucking psychopath who is bent on 'revenge' against anyone who opposed him, or didn't do what he wanted, or voted for someone else. He is obsessive about it. Richard Branson told a story about it.

I honestly think they are practicing a form of genocide because they are believers in eugenics. For us, that is. For them? All the cutting edge treatments for whatever ails them

But at the rate they’re destroying *everything* (including the population), what will they eventually inherit, a heap of ashes that was formerly a vital & thriving Country?

That’s the part where my ability to understand them runs out. I think they just don’t care about what happens after them. They will be just fine. They can go live in another country after they’ve trashed to this one.

And you know, from their perspective, we don’t need so many people. We have technology to take over the work, at least that’s what they think. And they don’t care about the health of the people who will be doing the manual labor that can’t be outsourced to machines.

Or they think they'll survive long enough to enjoy the money they can't take with them when they die. Obviously don't care about their children, grandchildren, etc.

When I was young, I had a conversation with one of my father’s coworkers. We were talking about the environment and he just didn’t care. And I asked “what about future generations?” He said “future generations? Who cares? I will be dead.”

This precisely sums up the other side’s thinking. I just finished Celeste Ng’s Our Missing Hearts, a dystopian novel about a US in economic collapse and under authoritarian rule. And to your point about being self-centered, that kept resonating in book because of fear & hatred of the Other.

Why limit the vaccine? Why? If you don’t want to take it… that is perfectly fine. But, what if you live with someone immune compromised and want to protect them but you are not 65+?

How many will die from this very bigly brilliant move?

Um what?

FDA is going to regret this in a few months!!

This feels like a Putin plan to kill Americans.

Lucky me. Turning 64 next week so I’ll only have to self quarantine for a year.

Two years for me

Good idea! I’m 48, I’ll self quarantine until I’m 65 then. Who’s with me? The only people that’ll be able actually go outside of the house to work will be people at retirement age.

😩

Coming up on 70, they often make these available to seniors & others in need first before making it available to the general public. But who knows what will happen with this regime.

Sorry but you've completely missed the point with this post. I'm disappointed.

Never thought I would wish away last couple of years before I hit 65, but here I am. Guess it doesn’t pay to be younger or healthy under Trump administration.

65 is great, 70 is liberating. Push on. Be Best. No apologies.

Happy to live in Trump Regime World... no thanks.

yeah laugh, then you'll discover there's no young people to mow your lawns, fix your cars, clean your pool, etc., coz we'll be dying, lol.

Did anybody tell Trump that Covid kills people under 65? Or he was told and that is why he is doing it

What about all that personal freedom the GOP screams about? most Americans WANT access to Covid updated vax

I'll be 52 this year, I am thinking I may never make it to 65. 😞

So I guess that General Strike is happening for EVERYONE under 65 then. We'll just hibernate in our homes until we can get a booster or until an actual COMPETENT ADMINISTRATION is elected? Sounds like a plan.

They eliminated all the research for updated vaccines including Covid.

65 unbelievable ,you look much younger

I got one in September and am getting another booster this week because I’m traveling to Europe in June. I’ve only had Covid once, a very mild case and I didn’t get it until last June when I took a cruise. Vaccines seem to be working for me. I have a feeling they will regret this decision.🙄

You & me both!

Why does the GOP believe every conspiracy theory and outright lie, but refuse to believe in science which is fact based

They don’t believe it. They’re eugenicists.

Sounds like the focus is on ending vaccinations for the young.

I hear ya!😂

I just got my booster in case they pulled something like this.

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Or being a cancer survivor

Turning 65 next month and happy I’ll be able to continue to get my annual flu/covid shots!

Next the decision will be to Kevorkian all over 72. Trump first please. Thank you.

This is a lawsuit for sure

Believe me…from this point on everything about 65 will make you happy. It’s either enjoy getting older or there’s the alternative to not aging anymore… :-)

You are also on this side of the grass!