Buried CDC report says vaccines work, funny how that keeps happening
Let’s keep pretending the problem is the data, not the people trying to hide it.
In a shocking twist that will surprise absolutely no one paying attention, anti-vaxxer RFK Jr’s CDC appears to have sat on research showing that vaccines do, in fact, work. This is an inconvenient detail in an era where vibes are doing more policy work than science.
Two CDC scientists, speaking to WaPo anonymously out of fear for retaliation, said the report found that COVID vaccines drastically minimize risk of hospitalization after catching the virus. According to the study, healthy adults who received a jab reduced their risk of urgent care visits by 50 percent, and their risk of a hospital stay by 55 percent, compared to those who went unvaccinated.
The report had been slated to run on March 19 in the CDC’s research journal, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Bhattacharya, however, delayed the piece, arguing that there were concerns with the study’s methodology.
“Dr. Bhattacharya wants to make sure that the paper uses the most appropriate methodology for such a study,” Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services told the paper.
Let’s keep pretending the problem is the data, not the people trying to hide it.