BOOSTER SHOT IN THE DARK

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As the initial wave of two-dose mRNA vaccines are failing, boosters are now being rushed into the arms of millions around the world, absent any convincing scientific evidence and even less data on their safety. Many in Israel, the first country to green-light ‘boosters for all’ over 12 yrs old, are already having major issues.

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0:00.0	Let's talk boosters.
0:02.2	Okay.
0:03.2	The day after our show last week, the Burback Committee met.
0:08.4	That's the FDA's advisory committee.
0:10.2	That's their vaccines and biological products advisory committee, which makes recommendations
0:14.8	for the FDA and Pfizer walked into this meeting with a study of about 300 volunteers allegedly
0:20.9	showing that boosters work, slapped it down and said, we want full authorization for all
0:25.1	adults in the U.S.
0:26.4	Well, that was very similar to what Biden announced that he wanted as well.
0:31.6	The eyes were on this committee.
0:33.0	They voted that down 16 to 2.
0:35.5	But then something rare happened.
0:37.1	They went back.
0:38.1	The committee went back, reformulated the question and they voted to allow it for at least
0:44.3	recommended for 65 and over and immunocompromised people.
0:48.8	This is Pfizer shot.
0:50.4	So really the big story is not the vote.
0:53.6	The big story is actually the data that was presented and the conversations that happen,
0:58.0	especially from the public comment.
0:59.8	So let's jump into those.
1:01.2	Here's the senior editor of the BMJ.
1:03.8	Peter Doe sheek, we've talked about him on the show before.
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