AkaSci 🛰️
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

"The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of RFK Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.

Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who has repeatedly claimed in the face of scientific consensus that the vaccines are more dangerous than the virus, told the Daily Beast that Kennedy’s stance is shared by “influential” members of trump’s family."

Ideology trumps science.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-robert-f-kennedy-junior-to-ban-covid-19-vaccine-within-months/
#Politics#Health
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AkaSci 🛰️
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Contrary to earlier reporting, the FDA has approved COVID-19 vaccines - from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax - but with restrictions.

Eligibility:
65+: Yes
Others: At least one high-risk health condition, such as asthma or obesity (+ others)
Children under 5: Not eligible for Pfizer

Moderna's Spikevax vaccine is only approved for children with at least one serious health problem.

It's better than an outright ban, but still based on ideology and pseudo-science.

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-covid-shots-fda-kennedy-pfizer-children-9ce19908ae7afb354732aa162fd28532
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