# The COVID Vaccine Science Is Ready; The Volunteers Are Not

- slug: the-covid-vaccine-science-is-ready-the-volunteers-are-not
- date: 2026-04-03
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

The FDA demanded a placebo-controlled trial to approve updated COVID vaccines for healthy 50-64 year olds. 80% of people who wanted to join failed screening. Now the regulator who wrote that policy is leaving before the data could arrive.

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