{"id":813210,"date":"2021-09-25T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=813210"},"modified":"2021-09-25T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T14:58:32","slug":"fact-check-did-a-member-of-the-fdas-vaccine-advisory-committee-say-unvaccinated-people-are-more-educated-about-covid-19-vaccines-than-vaccinated-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-member-of-the-fdas-vaccine-advisory-committee-say-unvaccinated-people-are-more-educated-about-covid-19-vaccines-than-vaccinated-people\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did A Member Of The FDA\u2019s Vaccine Advisory Committee Say Unvaccinated People Are More Educated About COVID-19 Vaccines Than Vaccinated People?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-a-member-of-the-fdas-vaccine-advisory-committee-say-unvaccinated-people-are-more-educated-about-covid-19-vaccines-than-vaccinated-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=813210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUDlW4GF78P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=142c42d4-2fe0-4dd8-bf84-9fef2db1995b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUDlW4GF78P\/?utm_source%3Dig_embed%26ig_rid%3D142c42d4-2fe0-4dd8-bf84-9fef2db1995b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632513866370000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjpvTMjnWkp7saV-kf3RlQNFmU0g\">shared on Instagram<\/a> claims a member of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory committee said unvaccinated people are more educated about COVID-19 vaccines than those who are vaccinated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7289620\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7289620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The man seemingly referenced in the image is not a member of the FDA\u2019s vaccine advisory panel. His remarks, which have been misrepresented, came during the open public hearing session of the committee\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FDA on Sept. 22 granted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-authorizes-booster-dose-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-certain-populations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emergency use authorization<\/a> to booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine for certain populations, including people ages 65 and older and those at risk for severe illness. That authorization came after the FDA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/advisory-committees\/blood-vaccines-and-other-biologics\/vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee<\/a> recommended authorizing booster shots for older individuals and those at high risk in a Sept. 17 virtual meeting, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-authorizes-booster-dose-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-certain-populations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FDA press release<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Now, an Instagram post claims, \u201cFDA vaccine advisory board said Friday unvaccinated are more educated on the vaccine than most who have gotten it, and \u2018we cannot adequately refute their concerns, which should make us all very uncomfortable.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post misidentifies the person as a member of the advisory committee. It also does not accurately reflect the comments the person made during the public hearing portion of the meeting. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/24\/fact-check-member-fda-vaccine-advisory-panel-killing-people-saving-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did A Member Of The FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel Say, \u2018We Are Killing More People Than We Are Saving With The Shots\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man being referenced in the Instagram post is Dr. Joseph Fraiman, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFph7-6t34M&amp;t=15420s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identified himself<\/a> as an emergency medicine physician who practices in Louisiana. The FDA\u2019s roster for the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/advisory-committees\/vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee\/roster-vaccines-and-related-biological-products-advisory-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not list<\/a> anyone by that name as a member. At no point when Fraiman spoke did he describe himself as an FDA employee or a member of the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<p>As evidenced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFph7-6t34M&amp;t=15420s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">livestream<\/a> of the Sept. 17 meeting, he spoke during the open public hearing portion of it. An FDA spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/24\/fact-check-member-fda-vaccine-advisory-panel-killing-people-saving-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously told<\/a> Check Your Fact: \u201cThe open public hearing portion of the meeting is open to anyone who is interested and signed up per the meeting announcement. FDA does not screen remarks from speakers during the open public hearing portion of the meeting in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee \u2013 9\/17\/2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFph7-6t34M?start=15421&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>During Fraiman\u2019s remarks, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFph7-6t34M&amp;t=15420s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, \u201cI know that many think the vaccine-hesitants are dumb or just misinformed. That\u2019s not at all what I\u2019ve seen. In fact, typically, independent of education level, the vaccine-hesitant I\u2019ve met in the ER are more familiar with vaccine studies and more aware of their own COVID risk than the vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called for \u201clarger trials that demonstrate the vaccines reduce hospitalization without finding evidence of serious harm,\u201d according to the livestream of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need your help on the frontlines to stop vaccine hesitancy,\u201d Fraiman said. \u201cDemand the booster trials are large enough to find a reduction in hospitalization. Without this data, we the medical establishment, cannot confidently call out anti-COVID vaccine activists who publicly claim the vaccines harm more than they say, especially in the young and healthy. The fact that we do not have the clinical evidence to say these activists are wrong should terrify us all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Instagram claims a member of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory committee said unvaccinated people are more educated about COVID-19 vaccines than those who are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}