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FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

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Re: FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

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modo_mario wrote: post #169
boxed wrote: post #140

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> It is a government mandated death and you might already distrust the gov. Well.. no. It was a government RECOMMENDED death at the most. In fact, it's even more stupid. Sweden for example were so deadly afraid of anti-vaxxers that they threw away tens of thousands of doses of AstraZenecas vaccine. The one with 2 deaths per million . At the time it was estimated at 5 per million. Sweden has a population of 10 million…

Oh I know but disease is an abstract entity one can't directly address with scorn, to be held liable for direct action, etc. The government is and inaction draws less attention.

Ok? But there was no moral outrage from anyone except me when the Swedish government unilaterally made this medical decision that statistically killed a lot of people. So obviously that idea that the government is held liable isn't really true either.

Re: FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

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Post by estearum »

peyton wrote: post #170
estearum wrote: post #34

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The FDA regulates which drugs make it to market which is itself an extremely powerful force (excessively so) on conversations between you and your doctor. In the case of vaccines, FDA's decisions can quite obviously make a difference in whether we have a rampant lethal pathogen roaring through our schools and killing our children and elderly... or not. It's pedantic to the point of being outright false to say the FDA…

That’s their mandate. It’s not pedantic.

And their mandate obviously affects life and death decisions at massive scale across the US and entire world, silly.

Re: FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

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Post by willmadden »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #168
willmadden wrote: post #165

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After the lies and misinformation we now know we were fed during the COVID era, you would have to be insane to blindly trust this group again, especially the hacker news astroturf squad that's downvoting my comments. Hard data studies only from independent researchers, preferably double blind placebo controlled, and sterilizing vaccines only, not these leaky "get your booster this week before it mutates again" treatm…

I agree with you. It seems like the pharmaceutical corporations are trying to convert vaccines into a recurring revenue model with booster shots. I wouldn't be surprised in the future if they introduce a subscription model for vaccines.

I guarantee that's in a powerpoint presentation somewhere at Pfizer.
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