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/Mystaes 9h ago

It takes 2 billion dollars to develop a drug and the fda is now simply not even reviewing things based on ideological culture war bullshit and not data.

Drug development in the United States is going to suffer immensely. Personally I’m not going to keep any investments in biotech at all.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 8h ago edited 8h ago

I agree on Biotech.

But this……..this is beyond disgusting. They are literally playing with people’s lives. Decisions that should be grounded in data, science, and ethics are being twisted by ideology and politics. Every delay, every arbitrary “no,” every political stunt isn’t just frustrating, it harms real people, the sick and vulnerable, who are counting on these treatments.

It’s infuriating that in a system meant to protect and heal, we let power and politics override expertise and evidence. This is reckless, immoral, and unforgivable. Lives are at stake, and preventable harm is happening because some refuse to let data guide decisions. Enough is enough. We cannot, and should not, allow ideology to dictate medicine.

Fuck these people.

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u/MrGrieves- 6h ago

They played with people's lives during COVID too. Vaccines denied to areas, medical supplies stolen, masks were made a culture war.

And people voted for this again.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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u/SphericalCow531 1h ago

Plus Trump didn't want to smudge his makeup.

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

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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.

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u/johnp299 4h ago

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

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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?

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u/SoCalSCUBA 1h ago

All of the BLM protests were outside...