4. The Politics of Health

4. The Politics of Health

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Safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
Safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
Pregnant people with COVID-19 are at increased risk of severe illness and death compared with non-pregnant females of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years).1 Additionally, COVID-19 during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth and stillbirth.1 When mRNA COVID-19 vaccines first became available in December, 2020, safety data in pregnancy were limited because pregnant people were excluded from pre-authorisation clinical trials.2 Lack of data and safety concerns contributed to initially low uptake among pregnant people, which continues to be lower than uptake among non-pregnant females of reproductive age.
Pregnancy & FerilityPregnancy & Ferility
·thelancet.com·
Safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme: an observational study of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and v-safe
Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme: an observational study of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and v-safe
Safety data from more than 298 million doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administered in the first 6 months of the US vaccination programme show that most reported adverse events were mild and short in duration.
The Debunk FilesThe Debunk Files
·thelancet.com·
Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme: an observational study of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and v-safe
Fact Check: Most cases of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccines are not irreversible
Fact Check: Most cases of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccines are not irreversible
Medical experts on the basis of evidence so far disagree with claims made on social media that myocarditis following the COVID-19 vaccine is irreversible. Social media claims that “over the years,” many children diagnosed with myocarditis will die are unfounded, representatives from the Myocarditis Foundation say.
Myocarditis ContrastingMyocarditis Contrasting
·reuters.com·
Fact Check: Most cases of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccines are not irreversible
My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - by Paul Offit
My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - by Paul Offit
Twenty years ago, I had a one-hour conversation with RFK Jr. In his current campaign for president, he has referred to that conversation during public appearances. It’s time to set the record straight
RFK JrRFK Jr
·pauloffit.substack.com·
My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - by Paul Offit
RFK Jr. resurrects an old antivax half-truth about “saline placebos” in randomized controlled trials of vaccines | Science-Based Medicine
RFK Jr. resurrects an old antivax half-truth about “saline placebos” in randomized controlled trials of vaccines | Science-Based Medicine
RFK Jr. has resurrected the misleading claim that childhood vaccines have never been tested in randomized controlled trials with a saline placebo controls.
Almost none of the vaccines on the list that weren’t licensed based on RCTs using saline controls are not first generation vaccines, which means that it would have been unethical to test them against a saline control.
The bottom line is that, if you trace back the history of the vaccines developed for a disease like, say, measles, you will eventually find the RCT testing the first effective vaccine against it and that vaccine will have had a placebo control. It might not have been saline (although in most cases decades ago it was), but it will have been a placebo that was “inert” with respect to preventing that disease. Also, clinical trial standards have evolved over the last 70 years. If a vaccine was approved 60+ years ago using methodology that today we might consider inadequate, that does not change the calculus when it comes to testing new vaccines against the same disease. Such vaccines can’t ethically be tested against saline placebo.
Testing & Placebo ControlsTesting & Placebo Controls#RFK jr#vaccines: controlled studies
·sciencebasedmedicine.org·
RFK Jr. resurrects an old antivax half-truth about “saline placebos” in randomized controlled trials of vaccines | Science-Based Medicine