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Swede

(38,970 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:54 AM Tuesday

Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid

In the Trump administration’s latest assault on public health, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crankified FDA refused last week to review the first mRNA flu vaccine developed by Moderna.

The FDA’s official reason was that the trial of the vaccine had been inadequate. But since Moderna had already discussed trial design with officials, this is pretty obviously an excuse meant to provide cover for Kennedy’s longstanding gibbering anti-vax quackery.

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/rfk-jr-moderna-vaccine

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Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid (Original Post) Swede Tuesday OP
It's a shake down Johnny2X2X Tuesday #1
any other industry i agree rampartd Tuesday #2
FDA reverses course, will review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #3

Johnny2X2X

(23,916 posts)
1. It's a shake down
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:03 AM
Tuesday

Moderna didn't "donate" the requisite $millions to Trump properties before submittal.

rampartd

(4,401 posts)
2. any other industry i agree
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:05 AM
Tuesday

but ruining the vaccine process is part of their plan to depopulate the usa.

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,634 posts)
3. FDA reverses course, will review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:00 PM
Wednesday

Moderna revised its application following the FDA's surprise decision to not review the flu shot.

A bit of good news this morning: FDA reverses course, will review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 (@drlaurahaynes.bsky.social) 2026-02-18T14:13:46.545Z

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-reverses-course-will-review-modernas-mrna-flu-vaccine-rcna259531

Moderna said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review its influenza vaccine, reversing an earlier decision to reject the application, after the company made modifications.

The reversal, which comes just a week after the FDA’s surprise decision to not review the company’s experimental flu vaccine application, lifted shares of the vaccine maker more than 3% before the bell.

The FDA has accepted Moderna’s revised approach seeking full approval for the shot for adults aged between 50 and 64, and accelerated approval for those aged 65 and above, the company said, adding that it will also conduct a post-marketing study in older adults.

The mRNA technology used in Moderna’s and most other Covid shots, credited with saving millions of lives, comes with a shift in the national health policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time anti-vaccine activist who has been particularly critical of mRNA vaccines.

The regulator had defended its initial decision, saying the company should have given a higher-strength vaccine to older patients in the control arm of its trial.

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