RFKJr’s lawyer is bringing suit to revoke FDA approval for the polio vaccine and others. (gift link)
One of Mr. Siri’s arguments against vaccines is that some, including the polio and hepatitis B vaccines, have not been tested against placebos in randomized, double-blind clinical trials — the gold standard for medical research, in which some patients get inert vaccines and doctors don’t know which patients get which.He has called in his petitions for the shots to be pulled from the market until placebo-controlled trials — which would deny some children polio shots — can be completed. Given the known risks of polio causing paralysis that can seize major organs and kill people, such work is considered unethical.
Polio has been essentially eradicated since vaccines were introduced in 50s and 60s. There is no question that the are remarkably effective, they have been used for decades with no significant downside.
But here we are: the lawyer for the guy Trump put in charge of public health wants to stop polio vaccines and expose hundreds of thousands of kids to a deadly aloe crippling disease.