“The Scientific Process Is Short-Circuited By Politics” – Startling Admission From Scientists Jeopardizes Biden’s Boosters

Via ZeroHedge

Dr. Anthony Fauci and his colleagues on President Biden’s panel of White House COVID advisors spend a lot of time talking about “the science”, but as the delta variant has spread across the US, most of their recent policymaking has been more focused on creating the illusion of safety: Like demanding everybody in the country get vaccinated when studies show natural antibodies already offer protection, while new evidence continues to emerge about dangerous side effects associated with the jabs (especially the mRNA jabs).

But apparently, the Biden Administration’s decision to do a complete 180 on approving a third booster jab, pushing them not just on the most vulnerable, but on every American, like they did with the first round of jabs, has finally prompted mainstream scientists in the field of epidemiology to speak up. Yesterday, we shared details from a Reuters report where several scientists questioned the societal benefits of doling out booster shots to Americans before most people in the emerging world have even had time to get one.

Well, as it turns out, one day later, Bloomberg has followed up with a similar report quoting a different group of scientists and their reservations about Biden’s plan. And for the first time, it seems that the growing pushback from the scientific community might derail the Biden Administration’s push for booster jabs (which, remember, is contingent on the FDA giving its blessing).

It’s possible the backlash could even delay (or derail) approval of the vaccines, especially as new data about side effects continues to emerge.

Because Bloomberg has learned that a meeting of CDC advisors to discuss the benefits of booster jabs – a meeting that was supposed to have taken place last week – has been postponed until Aug. 30. Meanwhile, new reports have emerged suggesting the FDA could fully approve the Moderna and Pfizer jabs as soon as Monday.

One issue is that the meeting of CDC advisors that’s being delayed includes scientists from outside the government, who are presumably less inclined to go along with the whole ordeal.

But one scientist warned that it’s starting to feel like the Biden Administration’s political priorities have been “short circuited” by political concerns.

Signs of pressure are already starting to gather around a meeting of vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that forms a key step in the Biden administration’s plan to give booster shots to most U.S. adults.

The discussion, originally scheduled to take place Tuesday, has been delayed to start Aug. 30 and last two days, according to a spokesperson. With the controversial plan slated to roll out third shots as soon as Sept. 20, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is under the gun.

The administration has already signaled that it doesn’t have all the scientific data on boosters that it would like, and that it’s responding out of caution. White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci said earlier this week that it wasn’t clear whether booster shots would curb transmission of the virus among the vaccinated.

“This is what is really concerning to many of us,” said Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist at Bellevue Hospital in New York. “Because it feels like the scientific process is being short circuited by political concerns… It is almost science by popular demand.”

The problem is that the meeting of CDC advisors includes many voices who haven’t already been working closely with the Administration…and are thus less likely to simply go along with their plans. As another scientist pointed out, doling out booster jabs might ultimately be self-defeating. “The math doesn’t work,” they added.

While the U.S. has vaccinated just over half its population, the virus has been gaining in infectiousness. The two trends essentially cancel one another out, putting the country’s virus control efforts back to where they were in March 2020, according to Ellie Murray, a Boston University School of Public Health epidemiologist who said she has reviewed the data and is skeptical of the current need for boosters.

Without much higher vaccination rates, it’s unlikely the country can bring down transmission to a level where society can go back to normal. Giving boosters doesn’t change the calculus much.

“From a population level it, it doesn’t help us in controlling the pandemic,” she said. “The math doesn’t work.”

Another scientist added that doling out booster jabs likely won’t make much of a difference in states where vaccination levels are already low.

“If we give everybody third doses now,” he said, “Mississippi will still be hellish.”

Then there is the question of what is really behind the waning efficacy seen in some studies: Several other factors besides declining immunity over time may be driving the change. For example, the delta variant itself may reduce vaccine protection against mild disease, as it multiplies in the nose much faster, even as protection remains strong against severe disease.

Changes in public behavior and the opening of society may have exposed more people to higher doses of virus. And some people who got vaccinated early on, such as health-care workers, may be more likely to have heavier viral exposures through their jobs, further muddling comparisons.

“My worry is that all a booster might do is just prevent asymptomatic or mild symptomatic breakthrough cases in people whose immune systems would get the disease under control in a few days anyway,” said Jeffrey Morris, a biostatistician at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, “thus not affecting health outcomes in a meaningful way.”

And as more studies show a decline in vaccine efficacy, some scientists are questioning whether the issue is actually related to the vaccines themselves, or changes in behavior, like going out more.

Ultimately, the takeaway is this: resistance to President Biden’s booster jab push is building. We wouldn’t be surprised to see the FDA scuttle it entirely, knocking the wind out of Pfizer and Moderna, which have already promised their shareholders blockbuster profits on the back of more federally mandated jabs.

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Ken31
Ken31

This is a big story.

javelin
javelin

Essentially they said that people may not get their booster shot because too many are unvaxxed– so the unvaxxed are to blame if the vaxxed get covid or it’s weak variants.

Another reason for the jabbers to hate the unvaxxed– first of all we are not showing the proper fear and panic, secondly, the Karen’s won’t get their boosters because “Science” says it’s pointless while there are so many unjabbed……. perfect circular reasoning– anyone who gets sick is because of healthy people who have not taken experimental toxins in our bodies. We truly live in a bizarro world.

Rod
Rod

And Joe Biden is the Master of it all.

Anonymous
Anonymous

What lab or scientist(s) found and identified the covid variant?
What test do they have to determine whether you have the variant of the original form of covid?
The PCR cannot tell you what virus it found. It can only tell you that some virus of some sort was found.
The delta variant was “created” to explain why vaccinated people were getting covid is the only conclusion I can come to.

Cleveland
Cleveland

Going from 95% efficacy down to 42% in just 7 months, the FDA is going to give approval to Pfizer on Monday anyway.

Ken31
Ken31

That 42% is based entirely on fraudulent tests. Raw analysis shows that it is zero.
Over time it is negative.

Cleveland
Cleveland

Regardless of what is the true number, it is a failed vaccine and the government gives it approval. The US is a failed state if it approves of failures.

Ken31
Ken31

Anything less than 99 is a bioweapon.

very old white guy
very old white guy

Bingo. the shots can not stop infection or transmission, period.

Anonymous
Anonymous

And stupid people believe there is a delta variant and the unvaxed are getting the vaxed sick. Cue the fake covid variant because most people believe just about anything.

B_MC
B_MC

How Little Clerks Become Mass Murderers

“At some point, when the potential for conflicts of interest are high and the point of failure is fundamental to the task of those doing the job, incompetence should no longer be differentiated from criminal intent.”…

It’s incredibly depressing to know that what was once the worlds most-respected medicines regulator is going full-on corrupt. They not only do not have anything enough duration after dosing to have a clue what’s going to happen, but the product has picked up enough baggage to warrant being pulled from the market, permanently. Anyone remember how the FDA handled thalidomide? Now look. I despise them.

Dr Mike Yeadon

How Little Clerks Become Mass Murderers

ASIG
ASIG

Great news, My sister just came across a local doctor that is not pushing the “Vaccine” and said she will write a prescription for Ivermectin for anyone that needs it.

YES!!!!!!

Capn Mike
Capn Mike

and her address is: ????

mark
mark

Ask and ye shall receive:
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DIRECTORY OF DOCTORS PRESCRIBING OUTPATIENT COVID -19 THERAPY
Updated: 4 July 2021
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vermectin (IVM) combined with other medications and supplements is effective for COVID-19 outpatient therapy.

https://c19ivermectin.com

“A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted by a team of experts. Twenty-one RCTs involving 2741 participants met review inclusion, according to strict criteria. Ivermectin demonstrates a strong therapeutic efficacy. Moreover, ivermectin is the sole therapeutic so far to have demonstrated efficacy at all stages of the very complex clinical course of the covid-19 disease, from prophylaxis through to critical care. ‘Real world’ whole-country case studies show striking reductions of covid-related deaths and infections as soon as ivermectin distribution is implemented on a wide scale. 25 countries are now using ivermectin against COVID-19, 15 of them country-wide with official endorsement. “ British Ivermectin Recommendation Development (BIRD) panel March 25, 2021

“Ivermectin for COVID-19 is effective and has been given to us on a silver platter. It can completely change the history of this disease. Ivermectin is one of the safest medicines you can give a human being. It has been in use for 40 years and is on WHO’s list of essential medications.” Paul Marik, MD, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School

“Ivermectin works. I’ve seen that in my patients. Ivermectin can really be the game-changer against COVID-19. It’s safe, it’s cheap and it works.” Dr. Alessandro Santin, Yale School of Medicine

Satoshi Ōmura and William C. Campbell were awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering Ivermectin.

See treatment protocols for all phases of COVID-19 … including post-COVID (“Long-haul”) syndrome at:
https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FLCCC-Protocols-–-A-Guide-to-the-Management-of-COVID-19.pdf

https://c19protocols.com

Contact one of the medical professionals listed in the Directory below for help with COVID-19

DIRECTORY
https://stateofthenation.co/?p=72339

Ken31
Ken31

Watch Ivermectin clinics pop up like medical marijuana clinics. Except, you can buy it on Amazon and the dosage is the same as for the horses on the label. Also the formulation is the same for humans.

Doc Adams
Doc Adams

If you use the equine stuff-someone here wryly calls it “Pony Paste-do not store your stash in the original syringe-like tube/plunger, as it evaporates over time. And that’s a bitch now that the sellers have doubled their prices. An entire tube works great for a 1,250# animal but a 200# adult needs a little less than 1/5th the tube. Buy the stuff and immediately squirt it into a glass jar with a tight fitting lid and store it in fridge. If you solve the evaporation problem then one tube should last for 10 weeks if you have one dose every two weeks. Just like a 250# pony.

DO NOT use the combination de-wormer products that contain stuff other than ivermectin.

Tony
Tony

Only problem is that pharmacies are not filling those.

Iska Waran
Iska Waran

Between this and the Afghanistan nightmare, they may have to bring on President Skank sooner than planned. It’d be hilarious if “doctor” Jill Biden had to move back to Delaware and change Joe’s Depends.

mark
mark

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Lachesis Atropos
Lachesis Atropos

It’s no big secret science has been compromised and reduced to leftwing propaganda. I used to subscribe to Scientific American when in high school, and stopped reading it back in 2008 because it is so blatantly corrupted by politics. In fact, it’s an embarrassment. The problem is world wide. Still to this day many Brits still believe in anthropogenic climate change even though the UK scientist involved were caught fabricating evidence. NASA was also caught doing the same damn thing.

Leethal
Leethal

Zerohedge has banned me. I don’t recall breaking any of their policies. I always suspected them of being a leftist site.

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