CDC Funded Pro-COVID Vaccine Podcasts and Ad Campaigns
Nonprofit organizations received millions of taxpayer dollars from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support vaccine-confidence initiatives that included podcasts, paid social media advertisements, and other advertising campaigns designed to influence public attitudes toward COVID-19 shots and encourage Americans to comply with federal COVID shot recommendations and mandates. Among the initiatives […]
Pharmaceutical Industry Reaping Billions of Dollars in Profits from Coronavirus Tests
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have urged widespread testing for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is associated with COVID-19 disease. The two types of coronavirus tests used for diagnosis are laboratory tests and rapid tests, which can either be an antigen test or a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test […]
White House Reveals Plans to Give COVID Shots to All 5 to 11 Year Old Children
On Oct. 20, 2021, the Biden administration outlined plans to begin giving COVID-19 vaccinations to children between five and 11 years old. Pending the results of reviews of the plan by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) over the […]