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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]USA is absolutely doomed with unbelievable levels of stupidity:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/rfk-jr-require-all-new-vaccines-undergo-placebo-testing[/quote]

I hate to agree with this nut job RFKjr, but I think this is a good idea. Vaccines should be evaluated uding double-blind placebo tests, as are most drugs. It completely makes sense. The results will calm down the skeptics. [/quote]

I think you're missing the bigger picture. What if someone in the future wants to develop a new and better vaccine for a disease like measles? Or let's say polio.  Or malaria. For well-researched and serious diseases, placebo-controlled trials are unethical because the placebo group would not receive a known effective intervention. In cases of diseases that cause serious illness or death, when existing interventions are available, the use of a placebo is typically considered unethical, and it is preferred to test the investigational agent against the standard of care.

This is going to make vaccine development much more difficult because it won't even be ethically possible to do this type of study for some diseases.  It's an underhanded way of trying to stymie vaccine research and development under the guise of sounding scientific.

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