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Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:01 PM Dec 13

Kennedy's Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine

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Source: New York Times

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The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

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He did not mention the petitions he has lodged on behalf of ICAN with the Food and Drug Administration, asking regulators to withdraw or suspend approval of vaccines not only for polio, but also for hepatitis B.

Mr. Siri is also representing ICAN in petitioning the F.D.A. to “pause distribution” of 13 other vaccines, including combination products that cover tetanus, diphtheria, polio and hepatitis A, until their makers disclose details about aluminum, an ingredient researchers have associated with a small increase in asthma cases.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE4.zLS9.xm8B6T2TRP0w&smid=url-share



Are republicans stupid and crazy enough to confirm RFK?
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Kennedy's Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine (Original Post) people Dec 13 OP
Already posted. Fla Dem Dec 13 #1
And the stupidity begins/continues. republianmushroom Dec 13 #3
The stupidity started with Ronald Reagan, it has been non-stop since, which is something people need to realize, Escurumbele Dec 13 #5
Guessing the GOP will ensure THEY can secretly access vaccinations before approving RFK. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 13 #2
Dupe bif Dec 13 #4
For those of us old enough to have lived in the shadow of polio. Sneederbunk Dec 13 #6
I Vaguely remember the sugar cubes in school... electric_blue68 Dec 13 #7
Whale head cutter, bear trafficker and worn eaten brain sez whhat??? Evolve Dammit Dec 13 #8
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Dec 13 #9

Fla Dem

(25,979 posts)
1. Already posted.
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:02 PM
Dec 13

republianmushroom

(18,394 posts)
3. And the stupidity begins/continues.
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:06 PM
Dec 13

Escurumbele

(3,671 posts)
5. The stupidity started with Ronald Reagan, it has been non-stop since, which is something people need to realize,
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:34 PM
Dec 13

if they have not already.

Crooks and criminals, like the ones we are going to have to put up with for the next four years, are relentless, THEY ARE NOT INCOMPETENT, they are just evil. They work very hard at being evil, and they continually keep the people in a state of anxiety, that is why they don't care about the horrible things they say and do, its all part of the plan, keep people guessing. We are at a point where nothing surprises us anymore, mission accomplished for republicans. You see, when we get to the point where nothing surprises us, instinctively we start lowering our guard, slowly we become numb, comfortably numb. It is the same blueprint for dictators. Eventually, when people can no longer tolerate it, people will rise and bring the criminals down, the problem, as in Syria, is that many times those who topple the regime are worst. Democrats must do everything in their power to disallow the new regime to accomplish most of the agenda, I know it will be difficult but, it must be done, we cannot become comfortably numb.

A note on this comment "that is why they don't care about the horrible things they say and do"...It is a fact they don't care "IF HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO THEM", does anyone think Benedict Arnold turns over his grave thinking that history is unkind, regardless of if its all true, to him? He is dead, and they will be too when history talks about them, so when people say "history will not be good to him/her" they are missing the point, these people live in the here/now, they don't care about when they are dead, and neither should any of us.

I saw a film the other day, not great but cute (Love at First Sight, its a "feelgood movie&quot , where the mother is going to die, so she sets up a "Eulogy Party" because she doesn't want people to say things about her when she is dead because she won't be able to hear them. That, to me, was the best part of the movie.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,972 posts)
2. Guessing the GOP will ensure THEY can secretly access vaccinations before approving RFK.
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:04 PM
Dec 13

bif

(24,368 posts)
4. Dupe
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:30 PM
Dec 13

Sneederbunk

(15,480 posts)
6. For those of us old enough to have lived in the shadow of polio.
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:35 PM
Dec 13

Kennedy be damned!

electric_blue68

(19,144 posts)
7. I Vaguely remember the sugar cubes in school...
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:01 PM
Dec 13

My older cousin by about 10 yrs (I'm 71) got it, but was Very Lucky, a full recovery. She did get that sometimes ?partial rebound [called PPS; post-polio syndrome] about ?30-40 yrs later, and luckily recovered from that, too.

Just horrific, trying to do that! 🤬

Evolve Dammit

(19,347 posts)
8. Whale head cutter, bear trafficker and worn eaten brain sez whhat???
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:05 PM
Dec 13

Omaha Steve

(103,974 posts)
9. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:53 PM
Dec 13

DUPE of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143355861

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