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"In December 2020, Makary defied established scientific knowledge and said that vaccination of 20% of the population would be enough to create “herd immunity.” In a February 2021 Wall Street Journal piece, he predicted that covid would virtually disappear by April because so many people would have become immune through infection or vaccination. The U.S. death toll from covid stood at 560,000 that April, with an additional 650,000 deaths to come."

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KFF Health NewsMarty Makary, Often Wrong as Pandemic Critic, Is Poised To Lead the FDA He Railed Against - KFF Health NewsShould Marty Makary take the reins at the FDA, transitioning from gadfly to the head of an agency that regulates a fifth of the U.S. economy, he would have to engage in the thorny challenges of governing.
#HHS#FDA#covid

An unvaccinated child died of measles today, the first such death in almost ten years in the United States.

The FDA just cancelled an advisory meeting to discuss next season’s flu shots, mere days after a CDC vaccine advisory meeting was also cancelled.

RFK Jr is anti vaccine and anti science. His appointment to the head of HHS will have devastating consequences.

If you’re not up to date on your boosters, get them now.

If you’re unsure, talk with your doctor.

No matter what happens, remember that a well fitted mask like an N95 can provide excellent protection against airborne viruses and bacteria.

It’s time to mask up.

nbcnews.com/health/health-news

NBC News · FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shotsBy Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
#uspoli#hhs#cdc

Diamantas’s LinkedIn profile is a study in brevity. He received a #law degree from the University of Florida in 2013. He started his next-listed job, as an atty at the law firm Jones Day in Miami, in 2021, ascending to partner last year.

…Diamantas’s limited experience for such a major #regulatory position…appears to have been offset by another significant qualification. …[He] is a friend & hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., #Trump’s firstborn son….

#FDA #HHS

@knittingknots2

The role, which is NOT subject to #Senate approval, is an important one. In it, Kyle Diamantas, 37, will be responsible for ensuring the safety of ~80% of the nation’s food supply. The already-overtaxed division is vital to #PublicHealth, responsible for everything from overseeing the complex manufacturing of #InfantFormula to responding to deadly bacterial #contamination & managing food supplies in the wake of hurricanes & floods.

#FDA #HHS #Trump #loyalists
@knittingknots2

The FDA is asking ~300 of 1,000, of its recently fired scientists if they’ll come back to their jobs, including some employees reviewing Musk's brain implant company, Neuralink.

There “errors” by DOGE, were likely deliberate by #TrumpMusk. Public pressure works.

#DOGE #FDA #USPol

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AOL · Exclusive-US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s NeuralinkBy Patrick Wingrove, Rachael Levy, Michael Erman

US #FDA is asking some of its recently fired scientists if they will come back to their jobs, including some employees reviewing #ElonMusk's brain implant company, #Neuralink….

The FDA plans to rehire around 300 people in total, per 4 sources w/secondhand knowledge of the situation, following #Trump's rush last week to fire employees at the agency responsible for reviewing #drugs, #FoodSafety, #MedicalDevices & #tobacco.

#law #USpol #DOGE #PublicHealth #health #science
reuters.com/world/us/us-fda-as

This seems important: "Jim Jones, who joined the agency in September 2023, cited “indiscriminate” layoffs to 89 staff members, including key technical experts. In his resignation letter to the acting #FDA commissioner, Sara Brenner, seen by Bloomberg News, Jones said the cuts would make it “fruitless” to continue in his role given the #TrumpAdministration’s “disdain for the very people” needed to implement food safety reforms." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f

The Guardian · Food head at FDA quits citing Trump administration’s mass staff cutsBy Joseph Gedeon