There were two deaths from measles in Pennsylvania recently. It wasn’t a level-five meltdown from liberal America, who you know was going to attack Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration for tweaking the vaccine schedules, but that’s where this would’ve headed if this had gotten legs in the news cycle. Instead, what we got was a governor, Josh Shapiro, who might’ve jumped the gun when he announced this. Here’s the backstory …
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Angus King (I., Maine) introduced a bill Thursday that would ban pharmaceutical manufacturers from using direct-to-consumer advertising, including social media, to promote their products.
The bill would prohibit any promotional communications targeting consumers, including through television, radio, print, digital platforms and social media. It will apply to all prescription drug advertisements.
“The American people don’t want to see misleading and deceptive prescription drug ads on television,” Sanders said in a statement. “They want us to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and ban these bogus ads.”
h/t DS
