Conservative Radio Star Erick Erickson Reveals Cancer-Stricken Wife Can’t Get Covid Vaccine Because of RFK JR
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Conservative radio star Erick Erickson revealed that his cancer-stricken wife can’t get the coronavirus vaccine because of action being taken by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday night.
“My wife has Stage 4 lung cancer. She is one of the people the COVID vaccine actually helps. Thanks to the current mess at HHS, CVS is unable to get her the vaccine,” wrote Erickson — who also shared a link to a New York Times article — on X.
From the article:
CVS and Walgreens, the country’s two largest pharmacy chains, are for now clamping down on offering Covid vaccines in more than a dozen states, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the Food and Drug Administration.
On Thursday, Amy Thibault, a spokeswoman for CVS, said the vaccine was not available at pharmacies in 16 states, citing “the current regulatory environment” and emphasizing that the list could change.
She did not provide an explanation for the change.
Walgreens did not respond to requests for information. But when a New York Times reporter tried to schedule vaccine appointments in all 50 states, the Walgreens website said patients would need a prescription in 16 of them. Though there is some overlap, it’s not the same set of 16 as CVS, underscoring the level of confusion.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long condemned Covid vaccines and has made a number of false claims about their safety and utility, which has already complicated this year’s vaccine rollout. Under his leadership, health agencies have issued confusing guidance about Covid vaccines, narrowed the eligibility criteria for the shots and replaced members of the C.D.C.’s vaccine committee with people who have objected to Covid vaccines, sowing chaos.
When one user replied to Erickson by declaring that “The vaccine does not work!! It never worked!!”, Erickson fired back:
Just for all of the people chiming in ignorantly, the vaccine does not prevent Covid for my wife, but it greatly minimize the impact of the virus. It’s the difference between symptoms amounting to a runny nose and being bedridden for a prolonged period of time.
“Genuine question: how do you know it lessens the severity? How can that be proven, as everyone reacts differently to the virus?” asked another user.
“Well, after my wife had the vaccine in 2021, her COVID amounted to a runny nose. Three years later, having not gotten a booster, she got COVID in October of 2024 and didn’t recover until earlier this year,” answered Erickson. “So we’ll go with her doctor’s advice now.”
