A newly approved eye drop hitting the market on Thursday could change the lives of millions of Americans with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older.

Vuity, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, would potentially replace reading glasses for some of the 128 million Americans who have trouble seeing close-up. The new medicine takes effect in about 15 minutes, with one drop on each eye providing sharper vision for six to 10 hours, according to the company.
— CBS News, 12/9/21

If we’ve learned anything from the COVID-19 response, a seal of approval from the federal government is hardly reassuring and best taken with a grain of salt the size of a cinder block.

“Contact your doctor immediately if you have sudden vision loss….”

We’ve got this miracle that’s not covered by insurance and costs $80 monthly.

Glasses are cheaper and if they ain’t broke, leave your eyes alone as they’re the only ones you’re going to have.

The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, that the vaccine’s benefits in preventing COVID-19 in that age group outweigh any potential risks — including a heart-related side effect that’s been very rare in teens and young adults despite their use of a much higher shot dose.
— PBS/AP, 10/26/21

Counting on the fact most Americans didn’t see the testimonies and deliberations because a federal committee meeting with this much on the line wasn’t broadcast live, the immediate perception is that it was a slam dunk. Granted, it was by way of final votes but there were segments the public should have had the opportunity to hear.

Segments that would have inserted some reasonable doubt as to the wisdom of giving healthy children an experimental vaccine with no real knowledge of how it will affect them today and tomorrow….

Following today’s vote, acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock is expected to shortly deliver the agency’s final determination on whether to authorize the vaccine for this age group. Once the FDA gives final approval, the next step is for a CDC vaccine expert panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, to review the vaccine’s safety and efficacy. That group would then vote on whether CDC Director Rochelle Walensky should recommend its use. The CDC committee is scheduled to meet on Nov. 2, and the CDC director will likely announce a final decision within hours, meaning these vaccines could be available as early as Nov. 3.
— Yahoo News, 10/26/21

And you know that means many states will mandate as soon as they can.

For the children….

If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law. The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines.

You also can’t sue the Food and Drug Administration for authorizing a vaccine for emergency use, nor can you hold your employer accountable if they mandate inoculation as a condition of employment.
— CNBC, 12/16/20

Pfizer, in particular, shouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near the process especially given their dubious past.

Back in the day when CNN actually performed journalism, they informed the nation about how Pfizer gets around liability for a rather big fuck-ups….

After millions have voluntarily taken the Coronavirus vaccine, Pfizer is catching up with a rather sanitized list of their product’s side effects.

Given the increased pushing of Pfizer vaccines and boosters from the Biden administration, coupled with the growing number of adverse side effects being reported, anything with a Pfizer label should be viewed with the appropriate suspicion.

However, it’s clear the scientists are not on the same page as the politically motivated.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against green-lighting COVID-19 booster shots Friday for most people — throwing up a major hurdle for President Biden’s plan to dole out a third dose to most Americans.

The FDA is not bound to follow the advice of the independent advisory panel but has followed its guidance so far on COVID-19 vaccinations. Overall, the panel voted 16-2 not to recommend a third dose for people 16 years and up while unanimously green-lighting it for people 65 years and older.
— New York Post, 9/17/21

The following was presented during that seven-plus hour virtual meeting of the FDA’s “Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee”….

I’m sure CNN’s Don Lemon, whose main goal today remains bullying the unvaccinated, will never share the following report.

There are no active cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in 33 districts of Uttar Pradesh, the state government informed on Friday. About 67 districts have not reported a single new case of the viral infection in the last 24 hours, the government said, noting the steady improvement of the Covid-19 situation in the state.

Overall, the state has a total of 199 active cases, while the positivity rate came down to less than 0.01 per cent. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 98.7 per cent. As per the state’s health bulletin, Uttar Pradesh reported only 11 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
— Hindustan Times, 9/10/21

According to FDA Advisory Committee member Steve Kirsch, Uttar Pradesh is almost totally unvaccinated.

Much of the information shared amongst committee members were sentiments that would result in “fact checker” warnings on a social media post, if not worse. This was a committee meeting that networks should have interrupted regular programming so the American people could have heard the genuine concerns of doctors and scientists instead of the bloviating on cable news and spin from Fauci and the White House.

Yes, Joe told Americans to go to vaccines.com, NOT vaccines.gov which was prominently displayed right behind him. Vaccines.com is a site owned by “Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France, as of 2013 the world’s fifth-largest by prescription sales.”

Either Biden misread the teleprompter or one of the competent in his White House missed a fairly important typo read to an international audience.

Anyway….

It’s unclear if “essential” businesses like grocery stores will require proof of vaccination (yet), but there are plenty of places the American people can and will avoid; not spending their money if forced to do something they believe will be permanently detrimental to their health.

What will YOU do?