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dpbsmith.bsky.social @dpbsmith.bsky.social

The problem isn't the restricted FDA authorization. The problem is a second gateway, authorization by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. ACIP approval is what makes them routine, dispensed by pharmacies, usually covered by insurance. RFK fired the whole committee in June and replaced

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dpbsmith.bsky.social @dpbsmith.bsky.social

them with his own picks, including known vaccine skeptics. It won't meet for another three weeks, and when it does it won't necessarily approve them. Senator Bill Cassidy wants the meeting indefinitely postpone, so it might not even meet.

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