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babylonsister

(172,797 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:45 AM Yesterday

They're Still Trying To Kill You


They’re Still Trying To Kill You
Published by digby on May 5, 2026


This is simply unconscionable:

Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.

The studies, which cost millions of dollars in public funds, were conducted by scientists at the agency, who worked with data firms to analyze millions of patient records. They found serious side effects to be very rare.

In October, the scientists were directed to withdraw two Covid-19 vaccine studies that had been accepted for publication in medical journals. In February, top F.D.A. officials did not sign off on submitting abstracts about studies of Shingrix, a shingles vaccine, to a major drug safety conference.

The withdrawal of the studies is the latest step by the administration to try to limit access to vaccines. It has sharply cut research funding for vaccine development, released unvetted information casting doubt on vaccines, and blocked other information supporting their safety, most recently a paper on Covid vaccine effectiveness by career scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


There’s no need to go over the stats for the COVID vaccine. We all know it. But SHINGRIX is now on the chopping block too? My god.

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https://digbysblog.net/2026/05/05/theyre-still-trying-to-kill-you/
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They're Still Trying To Kill You (Original Post) babylonsister Yesterday OP
Glad I've already got mine! GopherGal Yesterday #1
Got my shingles vaccine several Katcat Yesterday #5
Time to call this what it is. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #2
Genocide without direct blame. The Madcap Yesterday #3
They don't believe legitimate studies because Americanme Yesterday #4
Must say I DO like the nickname "Brainworm Bobby"! calimary 22 hrs ago #11
The magnitude of Kennedy's evil... GiqueCee Yesterday #6
Systematically killing us Indyfan53 Yesterday #7
Republicrooks mantra: "If you get sick, die quickly." Justice matters. Yesterday #8
At least shingles is unlikely to kill you... Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #9
It's what Musk and Thiel want. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #10
Shingles vaccine saves lives as a side effect. Of course Trump wants it stopped. applegrove 22 hrs ago #12

GopherGal

(2,944 posts)
1. Glad I've already got mine!
Wed May 6, 2026, 12:04 PM
Yesterday

In other news, I see RFK Jr's after going after anti-depressants now, too.
Not quite sure how that fits in with his apparent "let diseases kill everybody" agenda. He's probably hoping for more mass shootings or something. Or maybe he just got overexuberant upon finding out about the Andes strain of hantavirus.

Katcat

(594 posts)
5. Got my shingles vaccine several
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:21 PM
Yesterday

Years ago after I had a tiny spot on my leg. I didn’t know what it was at the time but it burnt like a burn so I went to the doctor and shingles.
Got my shot after that

Blue Full Moon

(3,623 posts)
2. Time to call this what it is.
Wed May 6, 2026, 12:55 PM
Yesterday

Multi prong attack of war against the United States of America and it's people.

The Madcap

(1,998 posts)
3. Genocide without direct blame.
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:05 PM
Yesterday

Killing off the peasantry. No one has to pull the trigger. They'll let God do the dirty work.

It's way past time for Nuremberg II.

Americanme

(535 posts)
4. They don't believe legitimate studies because
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:19 PM
Yesterday

Brainworm Bobby and his conspiracy buddies already know "the truth". These nutjobs are gonna cause people to die.

calimary

(90,590 posts)
11. Must say I DO like the nickname "Brainworm Bobby"!
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:30 PM
22 hrs ago

Might just make me die - laughing!

GiqueCee

(4,604 posts)
6. The magnitude of Kennedy's evil...
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:23 PM
Yesterday

... rivals Trump's, and, though Trump has had a head start, RFK may soon surpass him numerically. Denying people access to lifesaving vaccines, and other medications he deems worthy of his mindless malice, is going to kill a LOT of people in a very short time, up to, and including, newborns not getting Vitamin K when they first enter this rapidly deteriorating world.
As I've said before, it's a shame that worm didn't stick around for dessert.

Justice matters.

(10,006 posts)
8. Republicrooks mantra: "If you get sick, die quickly."
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:00 PM
Yesterday

cont'd by: "We will replace you with AI robots."

Wiz Imp

(10,319 posts)
9. At least shingles is unlikely to kill you...
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:06 PM
23 hrs ago

...it'll just make you wish you were dead for a while until it subsides. It can also cause serious complications like blindness, hearing loss or severe chronic nerve pain. Thankfully, the shingrix vaccine is over 90% effective in stopping it. So of course, this administration wants you to believe shingrix is dangerous (it's not) to make you suffer by not getting it.

Kid Berwyn

(24,937 posts)
10. It's what Musk and Thiel want.
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:08 PM
23 hrs ago

"In the future, no one will have to work ever again. My robots will do the work. My AI will do the thinking. My bank account will be infinite."

But first, they will get rid of the 99-percent considered overhead Stalin-style: "No man. No problem."

applegrove

(132,920 posts)
12. Shingles vaccine saves lives as a side effect. Of course Trump wants it stopped.
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:44 PM
22 hrs ago

Scientists Find Shingles Vaccine Lowers Dementia Risk and Impacts Inflammation
But what do doctors think?

By Korin MillerPublished: Oct 15, 2025

https://www.prevention.com/health/health-conditions/a69018628/shingles-vaccine-lower-dementia-risk-study/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_pre_md_pmx_prog_org_ca_20981607599&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20974938711&gclid=CjwKCAjwzevPBhBaEiwAplAxvuy95U0xWW_VVmsonHJJRnD6nTOsG4QKZ8glXFCqF0NJdBWSMHpkchoCirQQAvD_BwE


New research suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the risk of dementia.

This isn’t the first study to link the vaccine with a lowered risk of the disease.

Doctors say this underscores the importance of getting the vaccine.

There are a slew of older adult vaccines that healthcare professionals recommend getting as you age. But there’s one in particular that seems to have health benefits beyond lowering the risk of getting the illness it’s designed to prevent. Recent research found that the shingles vaccine may lower your risk of dementia.

A new scientific analysis published in Nature Medicine delves into the science. For the analysis, researchers looked at the healthcare records of more than 100 million patients across more than 7,000 hospitals and clinics in the U.S. between 2007 and 2023.

Researchers zeroed in on those who received the shingles vaccine and found that those who got it had a 33% lower risk of dementia compared with people who got the pneumococcal vaccine, which doesn’t protect against shingles but is recommended for people in the same age group. Because people who are healthy are more likely to get vaccinated, the pneumococcal vaccine was designed to be a “control.”


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