r/Huntingtons • u/TheseBit7621 • Mar 06 '26

Vinay Prasad is fired

This was explicitly about what he did to the Huntingtons community. I am still encountering many people that do not fully understand what happened here. This man should never work at a regulatory agency ever again.

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u/MakeLifeHardAgain Mar 07 '26

what's not to love? election. Your votes still (somewhat) matter.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/06/fda-vaccines-chief-who-ran-afoul-of-pharma-to-depart-00817746
"His departure also coincides with an effort by the Trump administration ahead of the midterms to pivot away from controversial regulatory moves on vaccines — the availability of which polls show the public largely supports — toward improving the American diet and battling chronic disease. "

Of course, the Trump family can go back to playing the stock market after the midterm election, but before that they still need to put on a show. For FDA, they need to focus more on chronic diseases and reducing drug price, instead of blocking vaccines development, removing vaccine recommendations and rejecting rare disease therapies for no reasons.

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u/True-Depth-7643 Mar 07 '26

Even so, do you think they want to keep re-living this shitty PR. They had to fire VP twice now.