CDC chief blocked covid vaccine study now published in medical journal
Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults? Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal. Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
As one of the authors, Dr. Michelle Barron, said in a WaPo article, it was never about the science. Bhattacharya is Trump flunky who exists to help this administration destoy US scientific infrastructure, all because they got their feelings hurt by experts who called them out for their idiocy.
JAMA will now be investigated for vandalizing the reflecting pool.
He’s incapable of the self-awareness required for humiliation.
Also appreciate that the authors and journal published it with open access. 🙏
The midterm election is beyond important 🤌
The vaccine correlates with a reduction of all-cause cardiac events by 24% 😲 This is huge. Why hide that?
Remember the study on Covid vaccine effectiveness that Jay Bhattacharya reportedly pulled from the CDC's MMWR? Here it is in JAMA, exactly as described; Covid vaccines are extremely helpful even if you have prior immunity: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With this decision and the backlash that followed, the reason for doing studies like these got lost, one of the authors told me. "It's incredibly important to recognize that Covid shots are still important. Flu shots are important. Measles shots are important.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
accompanying invited commentary Why the Test-Negative Design Is Used for Routine Vaccine Monitoring by @nataliexists.bsky.social in @jamanetworkopen.com
I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...