Califf’s Covid Twitter Communications Reveal Knowledge Gaps Partially Of FDA’s Own Making

FDA Commissioner’s recent Twitter threads highlight the challenges of discussing the unknowns of therapeutic interventions – and raise questions about why FDA isn’t doing more to close the information gaps.

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Califf came to the defense of Paxlovid and bivalent vaccines in two Twitter threads. Was the public able to absorb the best messages? • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Shutterstock images

Recent Twitter threads from US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf related to the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines and the antiviral Paxlovid focused on potential misimpressions people may be making about the pharmaceuticals.

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