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Despite this being the worst flu season in 15 years, President Donald Trump's administration has abruptly cancelled a critical meeting that infectious disease experts were counting on to make sure the latest flu vaccine is the strongest.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

Imagine if terrorists infiltated the government and weaponized it to kill Americans...

oh yea we're seeing this right now 👀

[–] Today 66 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Once again they show that they're really only pro-birth.

[–] spankmonkey 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, they are also pro-death.

[–] pufferfisherpowder 10 points 4 days ago

They just want to make sure you're fully aware of your death before you get to perish 😊

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

They are pro circle of life

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Not really, they are more like “forced-birth”.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reminder: he was going to let us all die when Covid hit. It was nothing, it was going away in a few days, it's just a cold. Why would you get on a double decker bus when the driver is drunk as fuck and snorting coke off the horn? People voted for this bus crash.

[–] AtariDump 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

“…would you get on a double decker bus when the driver is drunk as fuck and snorting coke off the horn?”

What music is he listening to? That might be some primo stuff! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AtariDump 2 points 3 days ago

Fsck it, I’m in.

[–] cogman 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

These will be the meetings to kick off creating the next season's flu vaccines. The R&D that goes into these each years requires a fair bit of lead time.

I doubt RFK's FDA is going to approve another vaccine so let's buckle up for the next 4 years. Time to say goodbye to the older folk in your life. They are particularly negatively affected by the flu.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

And this is at a time when Bird Flu is raging in US farms unchecked. The conditions are perfect for a major flu pandemic.

This isn't just about seasonal flu, there is a slowly unfolding crisis that could lead to a deadly flu pandemic. It will be pot luck how deadly bird flu is, but it has been incredibly deadly in birds. It had not been deadly in cattle yet - but it could just take 1 mutation to become so. And the farms are also a perfect incubator for it to transfer into humans.

With Trump and Musk disassembling public health infrastructure we are less likely to stop a pandemic, less likely to detect it when it gets going, less likely to contain it and now less likely to be able to vaccinate to save lives.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Disease isn’t contained by borders so - ‘Thanks’ from the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

We can smuggle needed medicines into the US if needed. This might mean they are expensive but worth it for the immunocompromised.

[–] Sanctus 37 points 4 days ago

Straight up out to ruin the country and kill children, and the country is pretty much ruined.

[–] Snapz 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This piece of shit has a family with the means to stop him. If he hadc survived,RFK himself would be so fucking embarrassed to see what this absolute wad has become

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Legitimately asking this: how do you expect his family to stop him? He’s a grown ass man. He’s a piece of shit and has a body count due to his anti-vaccine efforts, but he’s not their dependent lol. What do you expect them to do? They’ve already distanced themselves concretely from him and made it clear they don’t endorse his bullshit.

If he cared what people thought we wouldn’t be here.

[–] stevegiblets 13 points 4 days ago

Cannot wait to call this the trump flu

[–] SkyezOpen 5 points 3 days ago

Isn't this what you wanted?

[–] Maggoty 5 points 3 days ago

Don't Look Up

[–] tired_n_bored 5 points 3 days ago

If only something that could help prevent getting this disease existed, you know, like a vaccine. Unfortunately it doesn't exist so we can only pray God to save us /s

[–] irish_link 2 points 3 days ago

Are the people hourly or salary? Even if salary I am sure there are ways to take a day off from work.

All that needs to happen is for these people to take a day off or meet on the off hours that they are not being paid and publish it themselves. I am sure there will be retribution but its also possible that legally they can provide a solution to prevent an even worse flue season next year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

"God helps those who help themselves"