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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,343 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:46 AM Wednesday

CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

Source: Washington Post

CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

The report, which had cleared the agency's scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won't be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

April 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT

An unpublished report showed last winter's covid vaccine reduced hospitaliations. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

By Lena H. Sun

A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency's flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/

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Lena Sun
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SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
www.washingtonpost.com
6:50 AM · Apr 22, 2026
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SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDCâ€™s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
— Lena Sun (@lenasun.bsky.social) 2026-04-22T10:50:20.619Z

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CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP

US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday #1

this maladministration UpInArms Wednesday #2

The suffocating stench of RFK, Jr.'s diseased influence... GiqueCee Wednesday #3

Maybe he's hiding something rotten in his permanently-affixed bluejeans? erronis Wednesday #4

I wonder if... GiqueCee Wednesday #7

Could be a Dr. Seuss rhyme.. Ending with "He wears 'em even on his head." erronis Wednesday #8

So much for transparency....... BeneteauBum Wednesday #5

Until the current incompetent regime is no longer at the helm... 3catwoman3 Wednesday #6

Someone needs to leak it. Efilroft Sul Wednesday #9

Then simply rehash the old original reports written in the past that already stated this...what's so difficult? SWBTATTReg Wednesday #10

The CDC might not, but individual counties still have interesting data dickthegrouch Wednesday #11

Bobby Brainworm or the Wizard of Oz? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday #12

MaddowBlog-CDC buries report that showed the efficacy of the Covid vaccines LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #13

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,343 posts)

1. US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:53 AM

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US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness

By Christy Santhosh
April 22, 20265:15 AM EDTUpdated 1 hour ago

April 22 (Reuters) - A report showing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has been blocked from being published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ‌and Prevention's flagship scientific journal, a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday.

"Scientific reports are routinely reviewed at multiple levels to ensure they meet the highest standards before publication," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

He added that there were concerns about the "methodological approach estimating vaccine ⁠effectiveness" and so "the manuscript was not accepted for publication," in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

MMWR is one of the agency's main vehicles for publishing public-health findings and guidance, and its reports are closely watched by doctors, researchers and state health officials.

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UpInArms

(55,146 posts)

2. this maladministration

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:02 PM

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is attempting to strangle the truth while nurturing their own lies

GiqueCee

(4,503 posts)

3. The suffocating stench of RFK, Jr.'s diseased influence...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:22 PM

Wednesday

... is hard to miss.

erronis

(24,170 posts)

4. Maybe he's hiding something rotten in his permanently-affixed bluejeans?

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:13 PM

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The worm took up residence in the other head?

Is RFK Jr. a "Never Nude"? https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jeans-swimming-kid-rock-workout-1235518928/

GiqueCee

(4,503 posts)

7. I wonder if...

Reply to erronis (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:30 PM

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... he wears 'em in the shower, or to bed. He wears 'em almost everywhere else!

erronis

(24,170 posts)

8. Could be a Dr. Seuss rhyme.. Ending with "He wears 'em even on his head."

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:34 PM

Wednesday

BeneteauBum

(639 posts)

5. So much for transparency.......

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:14 PM

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Peace ☮️

3catwoman3

(29,621 posts)

6. Until the current incompetent regime is no longer at the helm...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:24 PM

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…I think the agency should be re-named to the CDD - Center for Disease Dissemination.

Efilroft Sul

(4,434 posts)

9. Someone needs to leak it.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:36 PM

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SWBTATTReg

(26,342 posts)

10. Then simply rehash the old original reports written in the past that already stated this...what's so difficult?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:11 PM

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dickthegrouch

(4,588 posts)

11. The CDC might not, but individual counties still have interesting data

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:43 PM

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While this data had not been updated since 12/15/2025 when I grabbed it this morning, it can be persuaded to show all-time data.
https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/covid
If you take theh vaccine and hospitalization data from the earliest days of the pandemic through Dec 2025 you can draw some very interesting (positive) conclusions.
I will continue to get vaccinations as long as they are available.
They were still avaialable two weeks ago when I received my latest booster.
YMMV.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,531 posts)

12. Bobby Brainworm or the Wizard of Oz?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:48 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(180,856 posts)

13. MaddowBlog-CDC buries report that showed the efficacy of the Covid vaccines

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:34 PM

Thursday

The good news is, the Covid vaccine proved effective over the winter. The bad news is, Trump’s appointees at the CDC blocked the release of the good news.

Please read of the hypocrisy in are government now, WOWâ€¼ï¸CDC buries report that showed the efficacy of the Covid vaccine. The good news is, the Covid vaccine proved effective over the winter. The bad news is, Trumpâ€™s appointees at the CDC blocked the release of the good news.
— Donna898 (@donna-f898.bsky.social) 2026-04-23T14:35:18.131Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/cdc-buries-report-that-showed-the-efficacy-of-the-covid-vaccine

When it comes to public health, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, a Covid-19 vaccine was made available to Americans last year, and according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it made a significant difference in helping people avoid serious illness.

The bad news is, the Trump administration’s political appointees at the CDC don’t want you to know about the good news. The Washington Post reported:

A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.

Some of this might sound vaguely familiar, because we learned a couple of weeks ago that the findings about the efficacy of the Covid vaccine were supposed to be published in mid-March, but Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health who is also the acting CDC director, delayed the release.....

Part of the problem with this is that there was no reason to question the methodology. The other part of the problem is that Bhattacharya doesn’t exactly have a track record on the issue that inspires confidence in his credibility. In October 2020, as the pandemic continued to claim the lives of thousands of Americans per day, the public was confronted with a highly controversial joint statement called the “Great Barrington Declaration,” which, among other things, argued that public health officials should pursue a radical version of “herd immunity” by allowing Covid to spread untrammeled through the population.....

On Capitol Hill this week, Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz of California asked the secretary, “If Dr. Schwartz is confirmed, will you commit on the record today to implement whatever vaccine guidance she issues without interference?”

Kennedy replied, “I’m not going to make that kind of commitment.”

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