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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots (www.nbcnews.com)

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The FDA canceled its March meeting to select flu strains for next season’s vaccine without explanation, raising concerns among health experts.

The annual meeting is important for updating flu shots, ensuring they are effective against evolving strains.

The cancellation follows a postponed CDC vaccine meeting and comes amid a severe flu season with 19,000 adult and 86 pediatric deaths.

The WHO will still hold its strain selection meeting, but U.S. officials have limited engagement due to Trump’s WHO withdrawal order.

Concerns grow over HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s influence on vaccine policy.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Concerns grow? Shouldn't we be at the outrage stage by now?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We should be PAST the outrage stage by now.. but we're not, and we're not going to be until it's to late, than everyone will act horrified and say 'if only we had known, we would have stopped it.'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

We should be at the "infighting to decide who will take power after taking everyone previously in power to the guillotine" stage.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

It is long past time for torches and pitchforks.