JFC
We do NOT want to have a season of unvaccinated influenza. The flu is a lot worse than a cold and thousands die in the US every year from it
We do NOT want to have a season of unvaccinated influenza. The flu is a lot worse than a cold and thousands die in the US every year from it
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Sarah Karlin-Smith
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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That's just a damn fact.
Bad idea, not 'we won't have vaccines in the fall' bad, though.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4947948/
But 49.8% of Americans apparently did want this when they voted for Trump
I can't eye roll hard enough. Incompetence is on full display here in "the land of the free"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-are-seasonal-flu-vaccines-made/
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There will be millions more.
But because they won't die in a war, their deaths will be viewed as "unfortunate accidents" and not the manslaughter caused by tRUMP's gross negligence.
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I had the flu but if I didn’t get vaccinated with the older adult version, who knows! I had a fever for a few days and just rested and hydrated myself.
19,000 adult deaths so far this season.