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Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits
Study that reportedly found reduction in ER visits and hospitalizations being reviewed by Jay Bhattacharya
TL;DR
- A Trump administration appointee has delayed a CDC report showing Covid vaccine benefits.
- The report indicated that Covid vaccines cut the likelihood of emergency room visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults by about half.
- Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya is reportedly reviewing the report's methodology.
- Critics, including former CDC advisor Dr. Fiona Havers, express concern that the administration is undermining vaccine science.
- The methodology in question, 'test-negative design,' has been used by the CDC for decades.
- A separate report on the flu vaccine using the same methodology was published without delay.
- Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has been a vocal critic of Covid vaccines.
- Some CDC employees have resigned in protest of Kennedy's actions and vaccine policy approaches.