This clip is infuriating. It is an admission of public health malpractice by the @CDCDirector.
The main clinical endpoint of the vaccine trials was symptomatic infection at 3-4 months post vax, not infection or disease transmission:
nejm.org
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The main clinical endpoint of the vaccine trials was symptomatic infection at 3-4 months post vax, not infection or disease transmission:
nejm.org
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"Optimistically" thinking that the vax could stop transmission & wouldn't wane in efficacy, Fauci & the @CDCDirector made force vaccinating the whole population the central policy goal, rather than focusing on the vulnerable who benefit most from the vax.
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When it became clear that the vax does not stop transmission & does wane vs. infection, they persisted in error, "optimistically" pushing for boosters even before solid trial data arrived.
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The covid policy disaster of 2021/2 -- vax mandates & vax segregation, violation of informed consent, forced masking & school closures all stemmed from an inability of @CDCDirector and other public health leaders to take the vax trial data seriously.
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