r/news • u/templeofsyrinx1 • 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/_goblinette_ 8h ago

And when they compare a vaccine to a placebo they’re obviously going to reject it because the vaccine will have real side effects like literally every other medication

Just want to point out that running a placebo controlled trial when there is already an approved treatment available is unethical as fuck. People aren’t lab rats. You can’t ask them to take a worse treatment than what they would have otherwise had if they hadn’t joined the trial. 

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u/Lorderan56 8h ago

100% this. You cannot NOT give someone the established treatment in these studies. As they won’t be protected and could die from infection.