Topic: Spikevax

Congressional members debated whether the Department of Defense engaged in a "bait and switch" by requiring vaccines that were not the specific FDA-approved doses. Representative Thomas Massie and others argued that the Secretary of Defense's mandate was illegal because the approved labels were not available to troops. The discussion also touched on the disproven notion that the vaccines prevent the spread of the virus.

The hosts discuss the official rebranding of COVID-19 vaccines in Australia. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is being marketed as "Comirnaty," while Moderna has chosen the name "Spikevax." John C. Dvorak criticizes the name Spikevax for being too literal regarding the spike protein, comparing it to a soda company renaming its product "Sugar Will Kill You."