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Yes, that's the standard because the existing vaccine for a given illness that the new candidate is tested against has already undergone randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trials. Meaning it was proven to be safe and effective against a placebo and, therefore, is the new standard. This makes sense ethically and scientifically.
This isn't about liking or disliking RFK Jr. It's about not trusting an anti-vaccine activist to shape vaccine policy using evidence-based reasoning instead of his distrust of scientists.
Can you name a vaccine currently on the market which has not undergone testing in a study with a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled design? I am not sure why RFK Jr.'s belief on the subject should be taken seriously.
>s that because he's factually correct with the claim that no randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trials for vaccines are run
This is factually untrue. Here are just a few recent examples:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00241-5/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30843-4/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30001-3/fulltext
Or if you'd like one that's more relevant to recent history:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00590-x
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M22-1300
This last one is not reporting on the vaccine trial, but is a follow-up to such a trial.
So, at this point, it's difficult for me to feel like you're having this conversation in good faith. But, nonetheless, ethically and medically, the appropriate and most relevant control is the standard of care - because we need to know if the novel vaccine/medicine/therapy outperforms what we are already doing. And, again, the standard of care is... (read more)