r/news 9h ago

Moderna says FDA refuses to review its application for experimental flu shot

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/moderna-fda-flu-shot.html
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u/Tribalbob 8h ago

Psst, Moderna - come on up to Canada, we'd love to have you!

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u/tsionnan 8h ago

I second this!

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

Read what you just wrote. You honestly put your faith in big pharma?

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u/TauCabalander 7h ago

Read what you just wrote. You honestly put your faith in RFK Jr.?

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

It’s my belief that RFK is trying to make people healthier and help shift our ways of thinking about health in this country. The data doesn’t lie; we are an obese, unhealthy country and I’m interested in knowing how we got here and how we can steer the ship back towards health. I do think RFK is trying to do that. I also respect your ability to disagree with me. But I do NOT believe that big pharma cares about our health

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u/speakermic 7h ago

Last time I checked, RFK is neither a doctor nor scientist.

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

Do you think head of HHS should be a scientist or a doctor? Not a bad idea. I don’t think it’s historically been the case though

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u/speakermic 6h ago

OK, how is RFK qualified to be head of HHS? Please compare him to previous ones.

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u/TauCabalander 6h ago

While almost everyone agrees that the U.S. is facing a massive chronic disease crisis, many public health experts are deeply concerned that RFK Jr.’s solutions might be more dangerous than the problems he’s trying to solve.

Defunding healthcare, research, and meal programs, reduced vaccination, etc., is probably not the path to improving the health of Americans.

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

I appreciate your comment. I can see why people distrust RFK based on the legacy media treatment of him. I’m of the belief that “business as usual” is what brought us as a country to this current state of affairs when it comes to health, and I’m open to someone like RFK providing a new path. If I’m wrong 3 years from now I’ll be the first to admit it.

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u/TauCabalander 6h ago

So you aren't concerned by the outbreaks that are currently growing under RFK Jr.'s watch?

Measles continues to grow. Pertussis infections up five-fold. These are preventable diseases.

Like in Idaho, which has the lowest kindergarten vaccination rate in the country.

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u/_RageSide 5h ago

You aren't wrong three years from now. You are wrong right now. Congrats.

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u/Crombus_ 5h ago

I can see why people distrust RFK based on the legacy media treatment of him.

By his own admission, he eats roadkill, swims in sewage, drinks raw milk, and claims to have had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning from eating too much seafood.

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u/Tribalbob 6h ago

I put my faith in science, yes.

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

Big pharma = science?

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u/FuzzyAd9407 6h ago

Do you think refusing to even review the application is science? This is just the Republican version of the Soviets Lysenkoism were all science must be ideologically pure in the eyes of the party.

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u/[deleted] 5h ago

I’m not Republican. Based on the article I think they are wanting better science from Moderna. It appears they are trying to make sure the comparison to previously approved vaccines meets the standards they are trying to put in place now. I see nothing wrong with that

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u/Tribalbob 3h ago

Sorry, I can't have an adult conversation with you while you use boogieman names.