The CDC's ad campaign on the flu vaccine is being halted in the middle of peak flu season. The move came during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first full week on the job as head of HHS. Drs. Omer Awan and Vin Gupta discuss.
RFK Jr. promised. He promised!
Boy I didn’t see that one coming…
There are people who can’t get the vaccine due to allergies, or for whom the vaccine is ineffective due to underlying health conditions or medications that they have to be on to not die. And sometimes a vaccine just plain doesn’t work.
More flu circulating in the community means more chances for them to die.
Exactly. I have a friend undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Part of the bone marrow replacement process is to completely suppress the immune system. She isolated just like so many did during covid, and once this treatment is complete she’ll need to start re-taking all the various vaccines again so that her immune system re-learns from them.
True but hopefully medically vulnerable people will remember to get their flu vaccine without a campaign to remind them.
I never needed a campaign to remind me…
There are people who can’t get the vaccine due to allergies, or for whom the vaccine is ineffective due to underlying health conditions or medications that they have to be on to not die. And sometimes a vaccine just plain doesn’t work.
More flu circulating in the community means more chances for them to die.
Exactly. I have a friend undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Part of the bone marrow replacement process is to completely suppress the immune system. She isolated just like so many did during covid, and once this treatment is complete she’ll need to start re-taking all the various vaccines again so that her immune system re-learns from them.
No. There are tons of people who require others to get vaccinated and rely upon herd immunity.