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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending on its implementation.

washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are testedThe potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo “placebo” testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.

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The point is NOT to save lives. The fewer people there are, the easier they are to control by autocratic rule. Stalin killed 26 million of his own people. Kim Jong Il starved millions to build nuclear weapons. Trump & Co. want the population to die of preventable diseases in the 21st century.

They might have just destroyed one of two remaining samples when they burned the pathogen samples. If he did so, it means Russia is the only nation to still have a sample. That's great, that feels super safe.

There are no withholding vaccines! There's safety protocols already in place and adding the placebo factor is a great variable to include. Why does the media twist the story? This is ridiculous.

No, it’s not. Placebos are not useful negative controls if there are already vaccines available for a disease. Same goes for lots of other types of drugs as well. Placebos are only useful if there’s nothing yet available for a particular disease.

Yes, I know. Comparing against a placebo is not useful for determining side effects, or any other clinical trial measure, when there’s already vaccines out there for the same diseases that can be compared against as a control group instead.

Proud to live in 🇳🇴 a country that dares to be different. Strong trust in science and research. With 95% vaccinated with MMR, we achieve herd immunity—protecting even those who can’t be vaccinated. High coverage makes it hard for the virus to spread. That’s real protection for all.

It was a long and terrifying read. I suspected much of what's analyzed here, though my thoughts were somewhat incoherent. Reading this gave me a structure to draw from in discussions with others.

This will NOT be his decision as there are LAWS and approved federal regulations that do these things. Come the F on journalists do your job explaining how regulations based upon laws are established

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Call your Rep. and Senators every day. Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121. Email them through their websites. Tell them this: 1. Call for impeachment. Loudly. Daily. 2. Go see your constituents in the concentration camps in El Salvador. Or don’t ask for money… (Please repost)

I took an African American studies class in college and we read the book “Bad Blood” about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment where the patients were not offered penicillin even after it was known to be effective for syphilis. That book had a big impact on me. I think about that a lot

Exactly, it’s actually the same philosophy as for cancer drugs. If there’s already treatment available, that should be given to patients in the control group because giving them a placebo would be HIGHLY unethical.

10,000 citizens died when the government intentionally poisoned ethanol alcohol during prohibition. There is no doubt that RFK will do everything to prove himself right. The only difference between a mass murderer and RFK is the latter will slaughter citizens, legally.

I would like for him to describe, in detail, how vaccines are tested now. Use historical details like, “We used to do it like ____ and then changed it to _____ because _____.” I promise you he doesn’t know.

I have been in health care for 40 years. In sports and performing arts medicine on the rehab side. You cannot put someone with no medical training, understanding of medicine and research and have him make these decisions. No real researcher will want to be involved.

These savages won’t stop until we are all either dead or locked in cages. WHAT will it take for SCOTUS to reverse the immunity order? Make Judges’ orders enforceable again SCOTUS then stay out of the way while JUSTICE IS SERVED⁉️🙏💙🇺🇸

Seriously - why tf does an appointed administrative position get to have ANY say in how this stuff gets done? I understand the legality of it in our current system - but why the hell aren’t we tearing that system to shreds and redoing with an ounce of common sense applied? This shit is insane.

Just because a figurehead says that they should do something doesn't mean they have to comply if it's going to hurt many people. Revolt against the administration and the leaders NOW

"a move that MEDICAL EXPERTS FEAR COULD LIMIT ACCESS to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization DEPENDING ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION." Apparently Bezos also told his hobby shop to switch from English to Mealymouth in addition to canceling their editorial independence.

This is why former heroin addicts who are driven around by a brain worm and have no medical or research education or background shouldn't be put into these positions… Jesus Christ what a fucking joke America is.

He has a worm in his brain. He drove around in his car with the head of a dead bear he killed. He shot heroin into his veins for 20 years. Dr. Cassidy of Louisiana violated his Hippocratic oath and voted to confirm him. We must not listen to him.

RFKJr is a quack, just like everyone in the Trump admin. But RFKJr is creating potential pandemics with illnesses like measles that we had all but eradicated years ago.

Beyond the ethical concerns of this move, placebos are significantly less useful as a negative control compared to similar vaccines that are already available…they’re literally weakening clinical trials to score political points.

Dumb, dumbs wake up, viruses don’t go anywhere, we just build immunity by getting vacated. COVID took over one million lives and there are probably a million more still dealing with long COVID. The next pandemic will probably kill ten times that many, and it won’t take five, ten, or twenty years.

Oh look, no need to endorse a candidate. Have you changed your editorial page again? Where is the reporting on your owner’s latest capitulation.

Not enough people are paying attention to this dangerous quackery. We must push back against these outrageous attacks on our health. This Trump appointment is perhaps an even greater threat to our nation's security than Hegseth, as incompetent as he is.

Look I’m all for placebo testing of new vaccines. As long as we expose RFKjr to a couple dozen viruses and he gets the placebo. I mean he said this is the only way he’d be sure about vaccines right? I’m sure he has the courage of his convictions.

They want American citizens to die off. Everything they can do to be done with the general population so they will inherit all the land.,goods etc out of astronomical GREED!

Please! The experts need to be much louder. He's a crackpot bootlicker who got the job because the toddler in chief chose a whole cadre of unqualified candidates out of spite.