r/publichealth • u/GeologistBrave6866 • 4d ago

NEWS FDA Approves Updated Covid Vaccines With New Restrictions (Gift Article)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/health/fda-covid-vaccines-rfk-jr.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.6yH0.Gn_6VUEr6RpO&smid=url-share

Ugh.

In a social media post, Mr. Kennedy said the approvals accomplished the goals of keeping vaccines available to people who want them and of demanding that companies conduct placebo-controlled trials. One new, required study would examine “post-Covid-19 vaccination syndrome” in patients, a condition that has been noted in at least one small preliminary medical report, but is still a matter of pitched debate.

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u/RamsHead91 4d ago

These fucking morons also don't understand the placebos don't have to be negatives. They can be something we understand the value of and reaction to.

For examples in alot of studies for updating vaccines for non-seasonal stable viruses the placebo is an older, understood and approved vaccine. The new one is then compared to the old one.

This is also more ethical then telling someone they are vaccinated and sending them into the world. For COVID they had to use saline because they did have a previously working control

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

100%. There's no way RFK Jr. could even tell you what a placebo is.

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u/MedicJambi 3d ago

I'm 100% sure it would contain the word sugar pill.

I've been told I shouldn't point out or make fun of things that can't be controlled but the guy speaks as if he's actively taking a week old constipated shit. The fact that anyone can listen to him speak, the contents of his words not withstanding which are nearly as insane as Trump, and think "yeah, I trust what he says," is pure fucking insanity to me.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

I mean he messed up his own body via the decisions he made so I think the way he talks is fair game for ridicule. Especially because he's literally in charge of our health with 0 credentials and is screwing people over left and right.