RFK, Jr.: Anti-vax HHS Secretary

[Huckleberry]

CVS now requires a prescription; I sent a message to my MD. I went ahead and got my flu shot, though.

I was able to get the latest Pfizer covid vaccine at CVS today - no questions asked (other than my insurance card). Hard to believe that Florida is less stringent about this than other states (at least for now).

 

[92tide]

i was able to reschedule my minute clinic vax appointment for friday, so we’ll see

 

[Huckleberry]

The Free State of Florida

 

[arthurdawg]

Ladapo... has something wrong with the wiring of his noggin.

 

[Bamaro]

All vaccines still readily available in Maryland. Getting my mNEXSPIKE Friday.

 

[Bamaro]

The predecessor to polio vaccines

 

[Huckleberry]

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/18/cdc-rfk-jr-panel-vaccine-chicken-pox-measles

CDC panel votes to limit MMRV vaccines


Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked vaccine advisors on Thursday approved limiting the availability of a combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the virus that causes chicken pox.

• The 12-member panel also appeared poised to do away with the recommendation that all newborns receive the Hepatitis B vaccine, but delayed a vote until Friday.

The pro-death and pro-disease party strikes again. Trump, RFK Jr. and Republicans love sick children: MASA.

 

[92tide]

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/18/cdc-rfk-jr-panel-vaccine-chicken-pox-measles

CDC panel votes to limit MMRV vaccines


Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked vaccine advisors on Thursday approved limiting the availability of a combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the virus that causes chicken pox.

• The 12-member panel also appeared poised to do away with the recommendation that all newborns receive the Hepatitis B vaccine, but delayed a vote until Friday.

The pro-death and pro-disease party strikes again. Trump, RFK Jr. and Republicans love sick children: MASA.

i'll reiterate. pure freaking evil

 

[DzynKingRTR]

i'll reiterate. pure freaking evil

They aren't evil, just stupid. Well they aren't evil because of this.

 

[92tide]

They aren't evil, just stupid. Well they aren't evil because of this.

i'm going with both

 

[Huckleberry]

They aren't evil, just stupid. Well they aren't evil because of this.

Beg to differ. Being stupid would excuse their actions. I think they're deliberately evil. They know exactly what they're doing.

 

[arthurdawg]

People often ask me why we give hepatitis B shots so early, given that there is a relatively low risk of infection in the US.

Well... first off, the low risk of infection is because we have diagnosed and vaccinated and no longer take blood products from hepatitis B patients. The number has fallen dramatically in recent years. We also have an effective treatment that cures the disease. Mind you, the treatment does not reverse the damage caused by the virus, it just halts it when you receive it.

The problem is that early infections in childhood are usually not discovered for years and the chronic damage is significant in this population and life long. And hepatitis B is only found in humans, so vaccination would have wiped it out at some point, although it seems unlikely that we will have this opportunity now.

The hepatitis vaccine is also extremely safe with a very low risk of side effects.

 

[92tide]

People often ask me why we give hepatitis B shots so early, given that there is a relatively low risk of infection in the US.

Well... first off, the low risk of infection is because we have diagnosed and vaccinated and no longer take blood products from hepatitis B patients. The number has fallen dramatically in recent years. We also have an effective treatment that cures the disease. Mind you, the treatment does not reverse the damage caused by the virus, it just halts it when you receive it.

The problem is that early infections in childhood are usually not discovered for years and the chronic damage is significant in this population and life long. And hepatitis B is only found in humans, so vaccination would have wiped it out at some point, although it seems unlikely that we will have this opportunity now.

The hepatitis vaccine is also extremely safe with a very low risk of side effects.

if only facts and reality mattered …

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Beg to differ. Being stupid would excuse their actions. I think they're deliberately evil. They know exactly what they're doing.

You are giving way too much credit to them. They think they are right. They are truly just ill-informed, confidently ignorant, and dumb. There is nothing worse than the confidently ignorant.

 

[92tide]

was able to get the covid vax today at a cvs minute clinic. it was a bit of a wait as there were quite a few folks getting one. the nurse told me she had 80 more scheduled today

 

[arthurdawg]

More on Hepatitis B vaccine and the disgusting disaster that was started by Trump and Clark in their collective decision to push RFK through...

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote

With a lack of data and confusing language, the panel tabled the vote indefinitely.

arstechnica.com

In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

The vote to strip the recommendation came after a day of inept discussion.

arstechnica.com

 

[mdb-tpet]

More on Hepatitis B vaccine and the disgusting disaster that was started by Trump and Clark in their collective decision to push RFK through...

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote

With a lack of data and confusing language, the panel tabled the vote indefinitely.

arstechnica.com

In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

The vote to strip the recommendation came after a day of inept discussion.

arstechnica.com

The whole basis of vaccines is they are tested over and over again to validate they stop a pathogen. If the vaccines don't work, they never make it to the public. If the vaccines have heinous side effects, they don't get released to the general public. These anti-vaccers are stuck in a fact-immune belief mode where they believe they are right about the dangers on ineffectiveness of vaccines, and sadly, little will change their minds. There are hundreds of high quality studies showing the effectiveness and safety of all of the vaccines children take.

But, our public health system is just not setup to defend itself against vaccine skeptics showering nonsense and poor studies against it.

And, lastly, a lot of this was started/pushed by Russian agitprop folks while they do the exact opposite at home.

Russian trolls fueled anti-vaccination debate in U.S. by spreading misinformation on Twitter, study finds

Study by George Washington University found trolls ramped up controversy by inflating different viewpoints

www.cbsnews.com

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Well, get ready for your spike in healthcare premiums when insurance companies have to cover previously eliminated/reduced stuff like diphtheria, whooping cough, and liver damage to kids with Hep B.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Beg to differ. Being stupid would excuse their actions. I think they're deliberately evil. They know exactly what they're doing.

Yep because they get their vaccines....

 

[arthurdawg]

Well, get ready for your spike in healthcare premiums when insurance companies have to cover previously eliminated/reduced stuff like diphtheria, whooping cough, and liver damage to kids with Hep B.

And all of the meningitis and tracheostomies from epiglottitis due to H. flu type B infections that have essentially vanished from the pediatric landscape.