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Sometimes, one needs reminding that the public debate over the efficacy of COVID vaccines has always pitted faith against reason.<\/p>\n
No one, of course \u2014 certainly no one who reads The Western Journal \u2014 should denigrate faith in general. But the object matters. Faith in what exactly?<\/p>\n
In April 2024 \u2014 four months before he allied<\/a> with now-President Donald Trump \u2014 now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was running as an independent presidential candidate.<\/p>\n He appeared on HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d and delivered what any reasonable person would regard as a knockout blow to the host\u2019s pro-vaccine argument.<\/p>\n Maher, however, would not concede defeat. After all, as a liberal, his faith in science \u2014 particularly COVID vaccine science \u2014 amounts to a kind of religion.<\/p>\n Clips of the exchange began circulating again this week on the social media platform X. It became even more relevant on Monday, when Trump<\/a> used his social media platform Truth Social to demand that \u201cDrug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreover, last week, the Trump administration fired Director Susan Monarez from the Centers for Disease Control. This prompted resignations from four other CDC officials.<\/p>\n In short, the debate over COVID vaccines has taken center stage once again. And this time, there isn\u2019t a Biden administration around to censor it<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thus, the Kennedy-Maher exchange reminds us of why this debate remains so maddening to skeptics of coronavirus vaccinations.<\/p>\n In a clip posted to YouTube, Maher began by asking about Kennedy\u2019s vice-presidential running mate, Nicole Shanahan<\/a>. The host noted that Shanahan wanted to recall the Moderna vaccine, which Maher happened to have gotten.<\/p>\n Kennedy responded by citing polls on the subject.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s 25 percent of Americans who believe that they know somebody who was killed by a COVID vaccine,\u201d Kennedy stated.<\/p>\n \u201cKilled?\u201d Maher queried.<\/p>\n \u201cKilled \u2014 25 percent. Fifty-two percent of Americans believe the vaccines are causing injuries, including death,\u201d Kennedy continued.\u00a0If nothing else, that amounts to a significant public-perception problem for the drug companies.<\/p>\n Kennedy also mentioned clinical trial studies of the Pfizer<\/a> vaccine.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople who got the vaccine had a 23 percent higher death rate from all causes at the end of that study,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Then came the remarkable exchange that ignited huge applause.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that could not be the disease itself?\u201d Maher asked.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it is, then the vaccine doesn\u2019t work, does it?\u201d Kennedy replied.<\/p>\n The laughter and applause from the crowd practically drowned out the host\u2019s protests.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, no, no that\u2019s \u2026 not true at all,\u201d Maher<\/a> insisted, appearing annoyed at his own audience.<\/p>\n The host then claimed that \u201cmany people who would have died because they were not in good health\u201d (i.e. elderly and obese people) remain alive thanks to the vaccine.<\/p>\n Another segment of the audience applauded for that claim.<\/p>\n Readers may view the entire exchange in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n\n In the end, Maher spent so much time talking over Kennedy, that he wasn\u2019t able to respond to Maher\u2019s lives-saved claim. So ultimately, that\u2019s all it amounts to: a claim only.<\/p>\n One must acknowledge, however, that Maher<\/a> sometimes arrives at sound conclusions. To his credit, he does not slavishly carry water for the Democrats.<\/p>\n On the other hand, effete liberals like Maher \u2014 whether they know it or not \u2014 tend to worship science. Or, at minimum, they accept at face value whatever the scientific establishment tells them to.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe the vaccine saved lives,\u201d Maher effectively said, \u201cso heck with your studies and polls.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, if Trump himself can come around to the need for serious scrutinizing of the COVID vaccine data, then perhaps Maher can, too.<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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