News about RFK Jr • vaccine

Thank you to @dwallacewells for featuring our work (led by @jeremyfaust) on the political divides of vaccine exemptions. "It is a war from above on public health — and public trust." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/kennedy-vaccine-panel.html pic.x.com/Lug1SsuSnP

‘I Think He Is About to Destroy Vaccines in This Country’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/kennedy-vaccine-panel.html?smid=tw-share by @dwallacewells "So far, so grimly familiar: bad players weaponizing post-pandemic distrust to blowtorch institutions of public health in the name of restoring trust..." Well said. And... ugh.

“If the committee votes to remove thimerosal from vaccines, manufacturers will have to create and ship single doses, which some manufacturers may not be able to do” www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/rfk-jr-weighs-review-of-dozens-of-shots-citing-aluminum-use

"It's not clear why thimerosal is up for a vote or discussion, unless the goal is to repeat an old anti-vaccine trope that the data does not support - that thimerosal in vaccines is harmful - and use it as a messaging point," www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cdcs-vaccine-advisory-committee-vote-rsv-flu-shots-2025-06-18/