Notice: I think the vaccine is a good bet if you are over 18 and haven't had COVID yet. For the recovered? No. For children? No. Is it long term effective? I don't know.
Did the ending of the placebo control group after 2 months, nearly 2 years early, raise permanent red flags? Yes. Is there a significant chance that the vaccine will apply selective pressure to the virus leading to an escape variant? It's an interesting topic, I recommend exploring some of the lit and the current trends with Delta.
Now, back to the news media. Pfizer and Moderna alone will bring in over $50B this year. The budget for every news organization in all of America amounts to $10B. CNN's budget is < $1B. Is it plausible that the vaccine industry is applying financial incentives to folks at CNN to promote max vaccination? Given CNN's writings about the vaccine, often clearly false, I would be shocked if this weren't the case. I suspect for CNN the max-vax money must be a gold rush.
Did the ending of the placebo control group after 2 months, nearly 2 years early, raise permanent red flags? Yes. Is there a significant chance that the vaccine will apply selective pressure to the virus leading to an escape variant? It's an interesting topic, I recommend exploring some of the lit and the current trends with Delta.
Now, back to the news media. Pfizer and Moderna alone will bring in over $50B this year. The budget for every news organization in all of America amounts to $10B. CNN's budget is < $1B. Is it plausible that the vaccine industry is applying financial incentives to folks at CNN to promote max vaccination? Given CNN's writings about the vaccine, often clearly false, I would be shocked if this weren't the case. I suspect for CNN the max-vax money must be a gold rush.