Right-wing podcaster Joe Rogan thinks “Pfizer alone” may have killed off more people than World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. Rogan said “a conservative range of 470,000 to 600,000” Americans may have died as a result of Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

Infectious disease experts say mRNA vaccines have been studied for decades, they are safe and effective, and were instrumental in saving lives during the COVID pandemic.

The truth is that for most of that, for many Americans, we simply do not know the answer to whether or not they should be getting the seven or eight or nine or ten, as the current policy would have us,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures a prominent health role, pledging reform in vaccine approval. The FDA plans significant changes under Dr. Vinay Prasad's leadership, sparking debates on the future of vaccinations.

To tell the story you want with statistics, you don’t have to lie or fabricate data — though that happens, too. More often, statistics are manipulated, figures massaged and results skewed through subtler means. Sometimes, it’s sloppiness or unconscious bias at work. Other times, the distortion is deliberate.

Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.

The FDA’s recent activities regarding Covid-19 vaccines stray far from the well-established standards of vaccine regulatory processes.

The FDA is requiring COVID vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna to update their warnings about the possible risk of myocarditis and pericarditis.