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…
I mean that’s still pretty big. Why did the advertising campaign exist… to remind and encourage people to get flu shots, I’d assume they started doing that because… it helped with that. So what’s the expected effect of canceling the campaign, Less people getting vaccinated, and more people dying and going into the hospital due to either themselves chosing not to, or being unable to do so, and herd immunity being less.
I mean that’s still pretty big. Why did the advertising campaign exist… to remind and encourage people to get flu shots, I’d assume they started doing that because… it helped with that. So what’s the expected effect of canceling the campaign, Less people getting vaccinated, and more people dying and going into the hospital due to either themselves chosing not to, or being unable to do so, and herd immunity being less.