Suzanne Humphries on covid: what the evidence says · JRE #2294

FACT CHECK // JRE #2294 // EXHIBIT LOG
EPISODE AIRED MAR 26, 2025 · THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE
CLAIM CMRGC4PJSTATUS: PUBLISHED
SUBJECT: COVID
Timestamp1:29:34
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RulingNeeds Context

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// THE CLAIM · ON TAPE
Anthony Fauci writes about it. Morins and Fauci wrote a paper basically admitting everything. I think it was in 2023 or 2024 about these shots. And he said the COVID shots are exactly the
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What the evidence says 01 / RECORD

The paper is real: Morens, Taubenberger, and Fauci published Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses in Cell Host and Microbe in January 2023. It argues that respiratory mucosal viruses like influenza and SARS-CoV-2 have proven hard to control with vaccines, and it notes that flu and COVID vaccines share deficiencies: both elicit incomplete and short-lived protection against evolving variants. However, the paper does not say COVID shots are exactly the same as flu shots, and it does not claim negative efficacy; it describes suboptimal effectiveness while noting the vaccines still reduce disease severity. The specific line about failing prior licensing standards refers to influenza vaccines (whose effectiveness would be inadequate for licensure for most other vaccine-preventable diseases), not to COVID shots as Humphries frames it. The paper is an argument for developing better next-generation vaccines, not an admission that current shots are worthless.

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