With libs still attempting to blame Tucker Carlson for vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. . . .
“I think people like Tucker Carlson are being very irresponsible by sending out this messaging … that maybe the vaccines just don’t work. That is irresponsible. It’s misinformation and it’s causing, I think in the long run, people to die." https://t.co/8pkpHEu2Be
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 15, 2021
. . .the New York Times instead has a brutal piece out today on how the FDA and CDC’s pause of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clot issues will literally kill people as it’s already causing a spike in vaccine avoidance internationally:
Good global perspective here: “Many more people will die without the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines than with them.”
Western Warnings Tarnish Vaccines the World Badly Needs https://t.co/Ud89nwbfVt
— Juergen Baetz (@jbaetz) April 15, 2021
Their point is that wealthy nations that have access to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are ditching the cheaper and easier to store ones from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson but poorer nations are taking that as a signal that these vaccines are just being dumped in their countries and are too dangerous to use:
"In South Africa, health officials have stopped giving the Johnson & Johnson shot, two months after dropping the AstraZeneca vaccine. And in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1.7 million AstraZeneca doses have gone unused." https://t.co/PXNdfjTVyE
— Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) April 15, 2021
“Great work, folks”:
great work, folks https://t.co/rd7RT1Wn4p? pic.twitter.com/UeT3irf7lq
— Jerry Hinnen (@JerryHinnen) April 15, 2021
And there’s really no way to turn this around:
"The actions of American and European officials reverberated around the world, stoking doubts in poorer countries where a history of colonialism and unethical medical practices have left a legacy of mistrust in vaccines." https://t.co/ntOwo6p6rM
— Colin Crowell (@ColinCrowell) April 15, 2021
And:
“If the perception takes hold that rich countries are dumping second-rate shots on poorer nations, those suspicions could harden, slowing the worldwide rollout of desperately needed doses.” https://t.co/LGzIW95CuN
— Taniel (@Taniel) April 15, 2021
Take a bow, Dr. Fauci and every other person who defended what the FDA and CDC just did:
“We fought so hard with vaccine messaging, but what has happened this past week has brought us back to square zero.” https://t.co/CVU4Yt0o41
— Amesh Adalja (@AmeshAA) April 15, 2021
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