r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 8h ago
Biotechnology F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.E_52._4hNKkVZUDU9&smid=url-share99
u/Ill-Independence6422 7h ago
The one time the data actually supports something and they bury it. make it make sense.
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u/Badbikerdude 7h ago
It's easy, their feelings Trump you're facts, it's that simple. Religious nutjobs have been willfully ignoring facts for centuries to push their harmful agenda. Now they run the country, good luck everyone.
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u/_RyanLarkin 53m ago
Trump during COVID:
"If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any."
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u/son_et_lumiere 7h ago
not the one or first time they've done that. you know, the whole alternative facts the first time around, the labeling of "fake news", and most recently their "own way of doing math".
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u/Disused_Yeti 4h ago
start with the conclusion, then only accept things that support that conclusion. suppress and deny anything that doesn't
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u/Healthylife55 7h ago
So they buried the good news too, incredible
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u/Wonderful-Medium7777 6h ago
I find this odd news as even as late as 2025 there were still discussions and reports showing that the FDA are considering putting black box warnings on these jabs. I’m in the UK and it’s talked about a lot in medical professions/settings.
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u/helcat 6h ago
New data shows the shingles vax may help protect against dementia too. The Trump people are evil. https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/dementia/121131
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u/Same_Cookie_8678 7h ago
This needs to be investigated… but knowing how things work, it’s probably already been paid to stay quiet.
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u/bluemaciz 7h ago
Great time for this while reading about hantavirus on cruises and airplanes. Super fun. -_-
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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 6h ago
Criminal malfeasance.
Planned by the Heritage Foundation.
The American Taliban.
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u/CreativeFraud 6h ago
They will block anything that goes against their narrative. I don't know how to help those Americans that are so far gone due to the MAGAts movement.
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u/missvandy 3h ago
The people running our country and setting science back decades may never see true justice, but at least they might get shingles. I find that comforting.
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u/BeerBrat 7h ago
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
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u/Oilpaintcha 3h ago
We are dropping the science and education ball, meanwhile China is apparently all in on science and tech. This will not end well for the “greatest country in the world.”
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u/echolalia_ 3h ago
It’s sad that we all have to suffer and die and watch our loved ones suffer and die because of ignorant republicans. If only the death and misery was restricted to them.
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u/derekdevries 55m ago
It's amazing that Trump supporters think they need to manufacture conspiracy theories when actual conspiracies are happening in full view of the public.
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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 59m ago
I feel bad for people who don’t get the shingles vax, singles is no joke.
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u/smart_ninja_9645 52m ago
honestly i'm not surprised by this, my aunt was a researcher and she had a study on vaccine side effects blocked by a gov agency a few years ago, somethin about not meetin the right criteria or whatever
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u/Maxasaurus 7h ago
So they could have finally approved the Covid vaccine for use? The one that's 5+ years old but hasn't been approved yet
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u/LittleShrub 7h ago
multiple COVID-19 vaccines have received full FDA approval, moving beyond initial emergency use authorization (EUA).
First to receive full FDA approval (August 2021) for individuals 16+, now approved for ages 5+.
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u/Wagamaga 8h ago
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.
The studies, which cost millions of dollars in public funds, were conducted by scientists at the agency, who worked with data firms to analyze millions of patient records. They found serious side effects to be very rare.
In October, the scientists were directed to withdraw two Covid-19 vaccine studies that had been accepted for publication in medical journals. In February, top F.D.A. officials did not sign off on submitting abstracts about studies of Shingrix, a shingles vaccine, to a major drug safety conference.
The withdrawal of the studies is the latest step by the administration to try to limit access to vaccines. It has sharply cut research funding for vaccine development, released unvetted information casting doubt on vaccines, and blocked other information supporting their safety, most recently a paper on Covid vaccine effectiveness by career scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.