1/ For people who don't understand why this cause of death ranking issue matters, let me summarize... It is an absolute scandal that the CDC can use a flawed pre-print without even basic vetting and in an especially misleading way - in vaccine approval meetings no less!
2/ Then the bad data is shared widely on social media and in mainstream media, and because it's been "blessed" by the CDC, nobody questions it. And I suspect the CDC will never admit to sharing what was obvious misinformation and nobody will be held accountable.
3/ How did we get to this point, where medical decisions that affect the entire country are being based on lies FROM THE CDC and everyone is just okay with it?!?
4/ In case you're wondering, I am not dropping this. I want this to get enough attention that the CDC is forced to answer why they used a rotten pre-print in an even more rotten way. There's no excuse.
5/ Three different CDC employees used this pre-print in their presentations to VRBPAC and ACIP, so don't try to tell me the exact ranking isn't that important. They knew "top 5" would be compelling. Was it coordinated?
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