So proud @jdouglas4 is Our Captain! A steward even at the away games. Thanks for another great weekend of @IndyCar. @roadamerica is a must attend for any racing fan. Trent and Drake insist that you find the white cheese curds.
Spoke with legendary Indiana play-by-play voice Don Fisher after last night’s national championship.
He said all of the losing seasons were worth it for this.
Cignetti is an overrated trash talking jerk. He only managed to clip NDSU once, got beat after his JMU playoff BS, played three crap teams out of conference, the conference wins came against the bottom 8 of the Big Ten and got boatraced by the one good team they played. Out of conference schedule is pathetic in 2025 but this time he gets Penn State, Oregon, Illinois, Iowa plus UCLA & Wisconsin. Good luck, big mouth.
@adamcarolla please bring attention that, once again, big news is being overshadowed by other news. Another coincidence? No way
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Of the 661 studies often cited as proof that childhood vaccines are tested against inert placebos, a detailed breakdown reveals a shocking truth: not a single one was used to license a routine injected vaccine on the CDC schedule with a true saline placebo.
Here’s the breakdown by Aaron Siri:
➡️ 567 studies were for non-routine vaccines (e.g., HIV vaccines). Irrelevant.
➡️ Of the remaining 94, 70 did not involve healthy children (e.g., HIV+ adults). Irrelevant.
➡️ Of the remaining 24, 21 did not involve a US-licensed vaccine or a control used to license one. Irrelevant.
That leaves just 3 studies. But do they hold up?
1. Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine: Control group was injected with neomycin (an antibiotic), NOT an inert placebo.
2. Gardasil-4: The “inert” control group received everything in the vial except antigens and alum—including L-histidine, sodium borate, and yeast protein. NOT inert.
3. Gardasil-9: A small group received saline, BUT only after first receiving three doses of Gardasil-4. Not a true inert control.
The result? ZERO trials with a true inert placebo were used to license any routine childhood vaccine.
This isn’t just a statistical oversight—it’s a fundamental flaw in how we assess vaccine safety. Proper safety trials require:
✅ A true inert control (e.g., saline)
✅ Long-term safety review
✅ Sufficient power (large sample size)
Not a single routine childhood vaccine on the CDC schedule meets all three criteria.
When RFK Jr. highlighted this lack of placebo-controlled data, fact-checkers pointed to the same flawed list of 661 studies. After his analysis debunked them, the list was mysteriously expanded—perhaps hoping a larger number would obscure the truth.
The truth remains: without proper controls, we cannot robustly quantify the risks of vaccines. Parents and physicians deserve transparent, high-quality data to make informed decisions.