Vaccines are really necessary

R.F.Kennedy jr was recently busted misrepresenting Dr Michael Ross’ credentials, a member of his new vaccine panel
He claimed this month that the doctor was “a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University, with a career spanning clinical medicine, research, and public health policy.”
Both Universities denied this

Anyway Ross has resigned without giving a reason

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This

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I had a quick look at a news article about this on Facebook yesterday and there was a whole slew of comments in support of the mother and her quackery. Unbelievable. But there was a comment from someone observing that the mother, with her bleached hair and plumped lips, apparently wasn’t opposed to taking chemicals herself, even if she opposed chemotherapy for her daughter. Another person commented that she’d been making a living from giving botox and fillers.

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Even more gobsmacking was the mother’s own diagnosis of breast cancer back in 2012 for which she was successfully treated and is the one still living to tell the tale. Unlike her daughter.

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Antivaxxers winning, there are no scientific studies supporting banning thimerosal

Under RFK Jr.’s MAHA direction, the new ACIP just removed the universal flu shot recommendation — and voted against thimerosal-containing vaccines.

Edit universal flu shot is still recommended

Thimerosal vaccination contains about the same amount of mercury as a small can of tuna

They should start a rumour that there is mercury in UPFs, vapes and sodas. :laughing:

and contrails.

Woosh…!

RFKjr’s latest anti-vaxxer pick is making waves

The government’s top vaccine official working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently restricted the approval of two COVID-19 vaccines, disregarding recommendations from government scientists, according to federal documents released Wednesday.

The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally intervened to place restrictions on COVID shots from vaccine makers Novavax and Moderna.

Both vaccines were approved by the FDA in May after months of analysis by rank-and-file FDA reviewers.

But internal correspondence show Prasad disagreed with staffers who planned to approve the shots for everyone 12 and older, similar to previous COVID vaccines.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/covid-vaccines-approvals-fda/

There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

There have been at least 1,277 confirmed cases of measles reported in the US in 2025, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation. Just halfway through the year, the case tally has already surpassed the last record from 2019, when there were a total of 1,274 cases.

Big disapointment for the anti Covid vaxxers

No increased risk of heart attack, arrhythmia, or stroke was observed post-COVID-19 vaccination from this largest ever study of studies of Covid vaccinations including almost 80 million people & showed a slight protective effect against stroke and myocardial infarction after three doses

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Doesn’t matter! Still not safe to use! :zany_face:

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A coalition of doctors’ groups led by the American Academy of Pediatrics filed a lawsuit Monday against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing that his May announcement that the government would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for healthy pregnant people and children violated longstanding norms governing U.S. immunization policy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/doctors-groups-sue-kennedy-over-covid-shot-changes-for-kids-pregnant-people-00441266

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RFKjr moving the US to the last century

The Department of Health and Human Services is winding down its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the agency announced Tuesday.

BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5437642-hhs-ends-mrna-vaccine-development/

This claim about the data is simply not true and is bending the knee to the MAGA antivaxxers

A very large Danish study of over one and a half million vaccinated people showed mRNA vaccines to be safe

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836889

"No statistically significant increases in the rate of hospital contacts for any of 29 adverse events were observed during the 28-day risk period after receipt of a JN.1-containing mRNA vaccine compared with reference period rates "

You should read.. … comparing “two studies compared these vaccines with an unvaccinated group. Ultimately, upon consolidating the results of these studies, we observed no significant difference between the two vaccines regarding the odds of cardiovascular consequences. …..”

is not
“Results based on vaccine type revealed a link between the BNT162b2 vaccine and an increased risk of myocardial infarction (OR, 1.87; 95% CrI: 1.22–2.89) and stroke (OR, 2.09; 95% CrI: 1.36–3.21). These findings were significant for stroke following the first dose (OR, 3.69; 95% CrI: 2.13–6.37) and for myocardial infarction after the second dose of BNT162b2 (OR, 3.84; 95% CrI: 2.21–6.66)”

What’s your point here @RemSleeper ?