So now we can legally buy fully automatic machine guns, but not a lifesaving miracle of medical science, that we all paid for.
Republicans are a death cult, through and through.
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This is the prelude to a total ban on all vaccines.
I thought they were the "Keep government out of my body!" party. Seems like a lot of bending over for Uncle Sam's schlong going on. What happened to "the right to choose which vaccines we take"?
Nah. They just want to impose decisions they think will harm minorities more on people
Is there a way that a vaccine can be "cloned" do that younger people can take them anyway?
It's technically possible for additional manufacturers to produce it, but making anything more sophisticated than the original smallpox vaccine is tough enough that you're not going to do it at home. The cold chain requirement for distribution means that it's unlikely that we're going to see an effective black market for vaccines either.
Other reporting states that FDA is looking to change their recommendations, not their approvals. I'm not sure what to believe here, but it seems ridiculous to approve vaccinations for some people without "additional testing," and deny approval for the vaccine for other people, especially when the denied group is defined as healthier.
Not saying this isn't the case, because :gestures_widely:, but I'm seeing inconsistent reporting on this.
“The F.D.A. will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data on persons at low risk,” the officials wrote.
During a “town hall” live streamed on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Prasad said he thought the new approach to Covid vaccination was “a reasonable compromise,” leaving the shots available to many Americans “but also generating evidence.”
Before approving Covid vaccines for wider use, the F.D.A. “anticipates the need” for new clinical trials in which participants under 65 are randomly assigned to receive the new shots or a placebo, Dr. Prasad and Dr. Makary wrote in the journal.
In other words, Vinay Prasad (appointed by Trump to the FDA for claiming the political left was using the COVID-19 pandemic to end democracy) needs to see more evidence (people dying of COVID-19) before devoting resources towards vaccine development.
I suspect Prasad is a podcast charlatan using his oncologist credentials to advance his career by stoking conservative resentment against mask mandates in order to gain popularity and name brand recognition to sell his personal philosophy books.
Haven't read the article, and assume there is some Republican fuckery here.
However, usually things like vaccines/medicine the question is risk vs reward. If you are likely to get it and have a severe case, then the risk of "untested" vaccine/medicine might be worth it. For healthy people the risk of "untested" methods usually isn't worth it.
That being said, I think in this case its about politics and not risk vs reward.
Someone elsewhere pointed to the paper talking about it - yes, they intend to withhold approvals.
Vinay Prasad is the guy who said if you die, no one cares and your family will forget you even existed.
Tells me everything I need to know about his relationship with his family. Dude must be miserable.