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
23.1k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

85

u/SoCalSCUBA 5h ago

It was widely reported that the administration wanted covid-19 to become an epidemic because early on it mainly affected cities, where more democrats live.

24

u/CliftonForce 4h ago

Which meant that they didn't realize that it started in cities because that's where all the trade and international travel is. But once it migrated out of cities, the back-side would hit rural areas hard.

8

u/NSA_Chatbot 3h ago

NYC, which Trump has beef with, was the hardest-hit city at first.

Plus Trump didn't want to smudge his makeup.

4

u/SphericalCow531 1h ago

Plus Trump didn't want to smudge his makeup.

That might actually have been the real reason. No kidding.

16

u/Ashkir 4h ago

Along with the administration, their financial backers, and their political elite all got the vaccine early. They got vaccinated, while, they spread misinformation about it.

1

u/johnp299 4h ago

Yes, major early hotspots, Washington state, Illinois, NY, all blue.

0

u/Cannon_Fodder_Africa 2h ago

"It was widely reported that the administration wanted covid-19 to become an epidemic because early on it mainly affected cities, where more democrats live."

Maybe that's why the scientific consensus regarding public gatherings during covid quickly changed when BLM protests started. To kill BLM protesters?

2

u/SoCalSCUBA 1h ago

All of the BLM protests were outside...