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But Manookian’s rejection of vaccine mandates goes beyond a libertarian philosophy. Manookian has said publicly that she thinks vaccines are “poison for profit,” that continuing to let daycares require vaccination would “put our children on the chopping block,” that measles is “positive for the body,” that the virus protects against cancer, and that it can send people “into total remission”—an …

He summed up the discussion succinctly: “The only thing that we’re discussing here is if there’s some benefit or removal of harm that comes from waiting a month. And I have not seen any data that says that there is any benefit to the infant of waiting a month, but there are a number of potential harms to the infant …

1. Monarez said she was fired for not complying with RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda Monarez said Kennedy demanded “blanket approval” of “each and every one of the recommendations” in the upcoming vaccine advisory panel meeting. Monarez claimed Kennedy said if she could not do that she would need to resign. “I did not resign, and that is when he told …

Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who is a senior fellow at the Independent Medical Alliance (formerly Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance), which promotes misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and touts unproven and dubious COVID-19 treatments. Those include the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, the de-worming drug ivermectin, and various concoctions of vitamins and other drugs. Milhoan has stated that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines …

The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping.  The New York Times Natural selection, artificial selection, and now political selection: Vaccine rejectionism is altering the course of evolution, and not in a good way  Genetic Literacy Project Source link

“The annihilation of the smallpox, the most dreadful scourge of the human species, must be the final result of this practice,” Jenner wrote in 1801. And he would be proved right. In 1980, after a decades-long public health campaign that included widespread vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox had been eradicated. It remains the only infectious disease where …

An alarming decline in childhood vaccination rates, resulting from anti-science rhetoric, likely means a resurgence of deadly preventable diseases, and the Today in Ohio podcast crew suggests that only the firing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will restore sane decision making to health policy. Lisa Garvin noted that vaccination rates among kindergarteners in Ohio has dropped 4.5 percent since the …

Former CDC chief slams HHS over anti-vaccine guidance  AOL.com US pediatric organization diverges from CDC in Covid-19 vaccine advisory for children  The Guardian US pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice  AP News Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines  PBS RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines  MedPage Today Source link

“It’s clear that we’re in a different place in the pandemic than we were four or five years ago in terms of risks to healthy older kids,” Sean O’Leary, chair of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID) said in a statement. However, “the risk of hospitalization for young children and those with high-risk conditions remains pretty high.” According to …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development, distribution and monitoring. The task force, which will be helmed by US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, will also include the …