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Jilly_in_VA

(12,963 posts)
Mon Sep 1, 2025, 12:37 PM Sep 1

Trump demands drugmakers 'justify their success' with COVID vaccines [View all]

President Donald Trump called on drug companies to "justify their success" in combatting the COVID-19 virus, demanding the immediate release of data on the matter while the CDC is "being ripped apart over this question."

Trump's remarks in a Sept. 1 post on Truth Social follow his firing last week of CDC director Susan Monarez just one month into her tenure after a disagreement she had over vaccine policy with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic. Jim O'Neill, a top deputy of Kennedy, was later named acting CDC director.

"Many people think they are a miracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree!" Trump said of COVID drugs including vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna and other drug companies. "With CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer, and I want it NOW."

The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 set tighter guidelines on who can receive the latest COVID vaccination shots, recommending the vaccines to only people over 65 or individuals with existing health problems.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/trump-drugmakers-covid-vaccines-cdc-kennedy/85927699007/

I'll give you your answer, ya fat POS...don't get vaccinated, get Covid again, and DIE this time! Is that good enough for ya?

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