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Holy shit levels of malicious incompetence.
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions.
Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all.
Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as the first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents. When NOTUS reached out to her this week, she was surprised to hear of the citation. She does study mental health and substance use, she said. But she didn’t write the paper listed.
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes told NOTUS via email. “We’ve certainly done research on this topic, but did not publish a paper in JAMA Pediatrics on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title.”
It’s not clear that anyone wrote the study cited in the MAHA report. …”
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Did they have AI draft their report and it imagined up studies to support their pre-ordained conclusions that no one bothered to check? Or is this just sloppy human work either by the RFK team or, as MAHA and MAGA frequently argue, remaining deep state HHS employees intentionally sabotaging the report with fake references?
What was the story with Novavax's vaccine, nrsair? I remember it was being touted as a "better" alternative to the mRNA vaccines even by some quarters of the anti-vax crowd, but then I didn't hear anything else about it. Why did some anti-vaxxers seem at least somewhat OK with Novavax's vaccine? The stock price cratered, I assumed it basically just didn't work...
“But the new guidance could stop insurance companies from refusing to cover the shots, as experts were worried they might after Kennedy's earlier statements, and will preserve the shots' availability for about 38 million low-income children who rely on the Vaccines for Children program.Defiance: CDC directly contradicts direct demand from RFK Jr.
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Defiance: CDC directly contradicts direct demand from RFK Jr.
Amid reports of a new Covid-19 subvariant spreading in several U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday failed to update guidance on receiving vaccines against the coronavirus that contradicted a controversial recent announcement from the nation's top health...www.rawstory.com
Isn’t the key phrase there “if their doctors don’t want to administer the vaccine?” If someone needs the vaccine and their doctor refuses, they have a doctor problem.“But the new guidance could stop insurance companies from refusing to cover the shots, as experts were worried they might after Kennedy's earlier statements, and will preserve the shots' availability for about 38 million low-income children who rely on the Vaccines for Children program.
The out-of-pocket cost for a Covid vaccine at a CVS pharmacy—where some patients could opt to go if their doctors don't want to administer the vaccine—is $198.99.”
Is it clear that the vaccine would be cheaper at the doctor's office if insurance isn't covering it or if it currently is, continue to be? These people are actively attacking the entire process. Do you expect them to leave this kind of loophole?Isn’t the key phrase there “if their doctors don’t want to administer the vaccine?” If someone needs the vaccine and their doctor refuses, they have a doctor problem.
Yep. I have been getting all of my vaccines at CVS and insurance has covered everyone. Could I get it at my doctor’s office? More than likely. But while it is cheaper it is much less convenient. And some people don’t have a PCP so that makes it more difficult because you’re probably not an established patient anywhere. Novel idea. Maybe they should just stop f’ing with vaccines.Is it clear that the vaccine would be cheaper at the doctor's office if insurance isn't covering it or if it currently is, continue to be? These people are actively attacking the entire process. Do you expect them to leave this kind of loophole?
I have no clue. The article highlights that the cost would be insane at pharmacies if doctors refuse to give it in their office. That’s what I was responding to.Is it clear that the vaccine would be cheaper at the doctor's office if insurance isn't covering it or if it currently is, continue to be? These people are actively attacking the entire process. Do you expect them to leave this kind of loophole?
I expect that the attitudes toward vaccines were a lot more favorable then than now. They had a much better idea of the risk/ gain side of things. I expect a lot more people either buried a child or knew someone who did because they didn't previously have a vaccine.MAHA… That’s a new one. Means make “Make America Hell Again” ? Could happen if Trump and Doc Kennedy take us back to mid-1950s for vaccinology. Oh, “What Fools We Are” !