You would think that a CDC report that showed reduced hospitalization and emergency room visits among healthy adults last winter would be good news, right? Not if it is for reasons that go against Trump-Kennedy vaccine dogma.
A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.
The move, which has not been previously reported, has raised concerns among current and former officials that information about the vaccine’s benefits is being downplayed because they conflict with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been an outspoken critic of the shots.
…The report is gaining attention at a delicate political moment: The Trump administration has sought to soften its public posture on controversial vaccine actions ahead of the midterm elections. GOP pollsters have warned of the political risks of vaccine skepticism, and many voters oppose Kennedy’s efforts to roll back vaccine policies. Publishing findings showing the vaccine’s effectiveness would be at odds with the administration’s moves to restrict its use, particularly for children, former CDC officials say.
The report had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, which includes dozens of scientists, according to two of the three people who spoke to The Post. Stopping an MMWR report at that stage is highly unusual, former CDC officials say.
So there we are. Kennedy and his appointees are so anti-vaccine that they do not want success stories to be issued, presumably because that would highlight the benefits of vaccines and might result in more people desiring them. The fact that fewer people will succumb to the serious effects of covid-19 does not seem to matter to them.
It is these people who are sick.
I am reminded of the start of chapter 2 of Dawkins’ book The God Delusion:
It seems Trump and RFK Jr. want to outperform the OT deity in real life.
I can only presume that Junior has been so warped by being in the shadow of his dead daddy for so long that he will do ANYTHING to get someone to shine a light on his pathetic self. I just saw a video on David Packman’s YouTube channel where he was exposed by a Republican senator for both cherry picking and flat out lying about scientific studies related to measles. Will he now admit his error and be better in the future? I’m not holding my breath.
To be a contrarian, here is some bad news.
“Iran War Will Drag On Now”
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LOL, Jörg @1, I think that you have it! And really, Trump and RFK seem to be pulling ahead of Jehovah, don’t you think?
Can someone at the CDC leak a copy of the report to the press? Really, it’s an ethical duty, since it’s about the prevention of deaths and hospitalizations.
And, if sometime in the near future I can’t get a Covid vaccine, I will be, let’s just say, mighty angry.
And, BTW, birger @3, thanks for posting links to that guy’s channel, he was unknown to me before, and I’ve since been watching a lot of his videos, he’s good.