Is there any doubt that the CDC is nothing other than a giant propaganda machine for the government and big pharma?

Phi1

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While they’re technically not “free” just “already paid for with our taxes” is there another strategy they should be taking?

The unvaccinated + “unhealthy“ are the ones most likely to suffer a long hospital stay.

Left leaning types are torching CDC over the “business friendly” decision to lower isolation time. (Note that this is “isolation due to exposure“ not “quarantine due to symptoms“.)

The other take on this post I saw was that this strategy is unique to America due to our lack of “free” healthcare.
 

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Let's do the math on what the "mRNA inoculation" costs and what the median total cost of hospitalization is for people who wind up there with Covid.

My guess is, this is more "free" than brand new surfboards for one dollar, relatively speaking.

But hey, ivermectin from a mom-and-pop outfit like Merck or some hydroxychloroquine from an unheard of startup like Pfizer are the real overlooked cures here.
 
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This is actually pretty good ad, it's just 10 months too late after a bunch of lies about the vaccines eliminating infection and transmission, denial of the fact of immunity in COVID-recovered people, and a needless booster push and vaccine roll-out to kids with no COVID risk. IOW, it comes too long after the CDC destroyed their credibility.
 

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The other take on this post I saw was that this strategy is unique to America due to our lack of “free” healthcare.
Which is the irony of this ad that clearly goes over the head of so many. Hospital care in the US is absurdly expensive because we have handed over the reigns to big pharma and health care corps and allowed them to write rules that favor them, not us.
 

Sharkbiscuit

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Which is the irony of this ad that clearly goes over the head of so many. Hospital care in the US is absurdly expensive because we have handed over the reigns to big pharma and health care corps and allowed them to write rules that favor them, not us.
Holy sh!t you still honestly think the problem is something other than the profit motive?
 

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Holy sh!t you still honestly think the problem is something other than the profit motive?
No, of course not. It's a multitude of factors, and aside from the profit motive, some is also regulatory in origin.

Pharmaceuticals are roughly 10% of health care costs iirc.
 

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Hospital stays cost 20 grand a day.
Vaccine costs 20 bucks a shot.
 

Sharkbiscuit

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Man liberal Covid social media is so cringe.

If only the Left could be based like the Right wing talk radio hosts and have 20 posts about Covid and the vaccine are fake news hoaxes, followed by "this is so-and-so's daughter, he just coughed his asshole into his ventilator tube, thots and players and gofundme"
 

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This is actually pretty good ad, it's just 10 months too late after a bunch of lies about the vaccines eliminating infection and transmission, denial of the fact of immunity in COVID-recovered people, and a needless booster push and vaccine roll-out to kids with no COVID risk. IOW, it comes too long after the CDC destroyed their credibility.
Bingo.
 

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