As Oliver Hardy often said to Stan Laurel, “Well, here’s
another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!”
We wonder if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
thinking the same about the FDA. Because in order to protect students at
Princeton University from a particular strain of bacterial meningitis, the CDC
had to get special permission from the FDA to import Novartis’ Bexsero from
Europe and Australia. Bexsero is the only vaccine that is effective against the
strain (serotype B) that is causing trouble at Princeton. Why was this
necessary? Because the FDA has not approved the vaccine in the U.S.
So, why the difference in policy? As explained very
thoroughly in the Gala Health
blog, the FDA has some concerns about the safety of the vaccine,
especially the adjuvant—a component of the vaccine that increases the desired
immune response…..To Read More….
My Take – The
bureaucrats in Washington are so concerned about what the activists have to say
they’re now afraid to do the job they were hired to do. At some point I have to believe these
anti-vaccine activists have to be accused of crimes against humanity, depraved
indifference, or at the very least sued by someone. They are an unending threat to humanity. And that old saw; “they’re intentions are
good”, might have worked in the past, but we have enough history - and more
than enough information - to know their positions are misanthropic and morally
defective.
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