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every day is a great day to impeach the quack😊 #impeachrfkjr #impeachthequack
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
every day is a great day to impeach the quack😊 #impeachrfkjr #impeachthequack
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If you care, Kennedy, you publicly call on the House to bring up articles of impeachment against RFK today.
No "thought and prayers," no hand-wringing.
Either call for his impeachment, or just be quiet. You have strong influence to stop this. Anything else is just performative nonsense.
No "thought and prayers," no hand-wringing.
Either call for his impeachment, or just be quiet. You have strong influence to stop this. Anything else is just performative nonsense.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you care, Kennedy, you publicly call on the House to bring up articles of impeachment against RFK today.
No "thought and prayers," no hand-wringing.
Either call for his impeachment, or just be quiet. You have strong influence to stop this. Anything else is just performative nonsense.
No "thought and prayers," no hand-wringing.
Either call for his impeachment, or just be quiet. You have strong influence to stop this. Anything else is just performative nonsense.
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Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP votes to end universal HBV birth dose for newborns. The consequence? Prepare to see a reversal of our rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer as more children are left unprotected.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
ACIP votes to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ACIP votes to end universal HBV birth dose for newborns. The consequence? Prepare to see a reversal of our rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer as more children are left unprotected.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
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Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
Overall trust in scientists and medical professionals is still rather high (Pew 2024). And only about 7% of American/Canadian respondents in a study (Gravelle 2022) are stridently anti-vax.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Overall trust in scientists and medical professionals is still rather high (Pew 2024). And only about 7% of American/Canadian respondents in a study (Gravelle 2022) are stridently anti-vax.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
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We must never forget: it wasn’t just the kooky Great Barrington Declaration dudes who promoted RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx BS—it was also some magazines, like The New Yorker, which celebrated him as a “maverick” who would take on “the establishment”
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
For all his unfounded beliefs and suspicions, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s revolt isn’t against research but against the power long held by scientific insiders—and in this he might have a point, Daniel Immerwahr writes.
R.F.K., Jr., Anthony Fauci, and the Revolt Against Expertise
It used to be progressives who distrusted the experts. What happened?
www.newyorker.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We must never forget: it wasn’t just the kooky Great Barrington Declaration dudes who promoted RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx BS—it was also some magazines, like The New Yorker, which celebrated him as a “maverick” who would take on “the establishment”
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
Watching our vaccine infrastructure slowly dismantled by hacks and quacks on a youtube livestream in the big year 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Watching our vaccine infrastructure slowly dismantled by hacks and quacks on a youtube livestream in the big year 2025.
Day 2 of ACIP today! On the agenda: vote on the future of the HBV schedule/universal dose, & comparison of our vaccine schedule with other nations* (w/ universal healthcare systems, keep in mind)
And a presentation by anti-vaxxer Aaron Siri, recently the target of criticism by Sen Cassidy (R-LA)
And a presentation by anti-vaxxer Aaron Siri, recently the target of criticism by Sen Cassidy (R-LA)
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Day 2 of ACIP today! On the agenda: vote on the future of the HBV schedule/universal dose, & comparison of our vaccine schedule with other nations* (w/ universal healthcare systems, keep in mind)
And a presentation by anti-vaxxer Aaron Siri, recently the target of criticism by Sen Cassidy (R-LA)
And a presentation by anti-vaxxer Aaron Siri, recently the target of criticism by Sen Cassidy (R-LA)
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The ACIP meeting began 20 minutes before schedule today; at least one adviser attending virtually (Cody Meissner, seen as the most experienced member and one of the sharpest critics yesterday) was not present at role call
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The ACIP meeting began 20 minutes before schedule today; at least one adviser attending virtually (Cody Meissner, seen as the most experienced member and one of the sharpest critics yesterday) was not present at role call
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America’s top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming 10 children died from Covid vaccines. But Vinay Prasad offered no evidence for that allegation and scant details on the new approach.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Never seen anything like this’: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official
Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination – but offered scant evidence for claim
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
America’s top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming 10 children died from Covid vaccines. But Vinay Prasad offered no evidence for that allegation and scant details on the new approach.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What's so crazy about this is RFK Jr/MAHA acting like we have universal healthcare.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What's so crazy about this is RFK Jr/MAHA acting like we have universal healthcare.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS SHIT! Our healthcare system is not equipped to deal with MORE disease. The public is not equipped to pay out of pocket for MORE disease.
We need every ounce of prevention we can get.
POV: watching ACIP's antivaxxer presenters getting called out by scientists and doctors.
"I urge this committee that you do your job appropriately so that we can take care of our patients, and not political theater, which is what this has become. (...) please have respect for the American public."
"I urge this committee that you do your job appropriately so that we can take care of our patients, and not political theater, which is what this has become. (...) please have respect for the American public."
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
POV: watching ACIP's antivaxxer presenters getting called out by scientists and doctors.
"I urge this committee that you do your job appropriately so that we can take care of our patients, and not political theater, which is what this has become. (...) please have respect for the American public."
"I urge this committee that you do your job appropriately so that we can take care of our patients, and not political theater, which is what this has become. (...) please have respect for the American public."
Q: "Is there any solid and reproducible evidence of harm (of giving an HBV birth dose)?"
A: "Sure, there was concern in the Linder study about fever in infants after the birth dose. There is limited evidence about the long-term risk."
Q: "So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it."
A: "Sure, there was concern in the Linder study about fever in infants after the birth dose. There is limited evidence about the long-term risk."
Q: "So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it."
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Q: "Is there any solid and reproducible evidence of harm (of giving an HBV birth dose)?"
A: "Sure, there was concern in the Linder study about fever in infants after the birth dose. There is limited evidence about the long-term risk."
Q: "So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it."
A: "Sure, there was concern in the Linder study about fever in infants after the birth dose. There is limited evidence about the long-term risk."
Q: "So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it."
And beyond this — it is unethical on so many levels to run randomized placebo-controlled trials in infants. No child in a vaccine trial should be left unprotected and exposed to incurable disease when there is an effective therapeutic vaccine.
Here we have a display of unfalsifiable standards by the anti-vaccine lobby. They want to rule out chronic, late-onset effects from HBV vaccination, which basically means nothing bad can ever happen to vaccinees for decades or else it's the vaccine's fault.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And beyond this — it is unethical on so many levels to run randomized placebo-controlled trials in infants. No child in a vaccine trial should be left unprotected and exposed to incurable disease when there is an effective therapeutic vaccine.
"This disease has gone down in the US thanks to the effectiveness of our current immunization program," says Dr. Cody Meissner.
"... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone.
"Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..."
🙈 #ACIP
"... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone.
"Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..."
🙈 #ACIP
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"This disease has gone down in the US thanks to the effectiveness of our current immunization program," says Dr. Cody Meissner.
"... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone.
"Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..."
🙈 #ACIP
"... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone.
"Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..."
🙈 #ACIP
#ACIP Let's talk about the presenters we've had so far:
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
Controversial ‘cost of autism’ paper retracted
The journal’s decision comes two years after Spectrum covered backlash from researchers over the study.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#ACIP Let's talk about the presenters we've had so far:
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
"Hepatitis B is a virus that affects the liver and is the leading cause of liver cancer worldwide. People living with chronic hepatitis B have a higher risk of developing liver cancer."
And the Hep B vaccine has been KEY to virtually eliminating cases of this incurable disease in newborns.
And the Hep B vaccine has been KEY to virtually eliminating cases of this incurable disease in newborns.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Hepatitis B is a virus that affects the liver and is the leading cause of liver cancer worldwide. People living with chronic hepatitis B have a higher risk of developing liver cancer."
And the Hep B vaccine has been KEY to virtually eliminating cases of this incurable disease in newborns.
And the Hep B vaccine has been KEY to virtually eliminating cases of this incurable disease in newborns.
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Stand Up for Science statement on the results of the Tennessee special election. This is a reminder that science is political. Going into 2026, SUfS will be holding anti-science legislators, candidates, and officials accountable to the American people.
Be a part of it! standupforscience.net
Be a part of it! standupforscience.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Stand Up for Science statement on the results of the Tennessee special election. This is a reminder that science is political. Going into 2026, SUfS will be holding anti-science legislators, candidates, and officials accountable to the American people.
Be a part of it! standupforscience.net
Be a part of it! standupforscience.net
Tennessee! Polls close at 7pm CT, have you voted? Have your friends, family members, loved ones made it to the polls yet?
This election is winnable, and every vote we can rustle up counts towards electing Aftyn Behn to Congress!
Phonebank with us in the final stretch! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
This election is winnable, and every vote we can rustle up counts towards electing Aftyn Behn to Congress!
Phonebank with us in the final stretch! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Stand up for Science Phonebank (All Day). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Tennessee! Polls close at 7pm CT, have you voted? Have your friends, family members, loved ones made it to the polls yet?
This election is winnable, and every vote we can rustle up counts towards electing Aftyn Behn to Congress!
Phonebank with us in the final stretch! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
This election is winnable, and every vote we can rustle up counts towards electing Aftyn Behn to Congress!
Phonebank with us in the final stretch! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
It's Giving Tuesday, and by joining the science fight club, you join a movement dedicated to protecting our scientific future. Our goal? Bring sanity back to science policy, and elect leaders that stand with evidence and truth.
Become a regular donor today!standupforscience.net/join-s...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's Giving Tuesday, and by joining the science fight club, you join a movement dedicated to protecting our scientific future. Our goal? Bring sanity back to science policy, and elect leaders that stand with evidence and truth.
Become a regular donor today!standupforscience.net/join-s...
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PS: If you (correctly) identified this bird as a pileated woodpecker, you should be joining us at our all-day phonebank for science: tr.ee/TN07-electionday
SUfS Dispatch from TN-07‼️
Yesterday, we spoke to voters in Wayne & Humphreys Counties, and we were their first canvassers of this special election cycle. Spoiler: they plan on voting for Aftyn Behn today, Election Day!
Outreach counts. Pitch in at our all day phonebank! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
Yesterday, we spoke to voters in Wayne & Humphreys Counties, and we were their first canvassers of this special election cycle. Spoiler: they plan on voting for Aftyn Behn today, Election Day!
Outreach counts. Pitch in at our all day phonebank! tr.ee/TN07-electionday
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
PS: If you (correctly) identified this bird as a pileated woodpecker, you should be joining us at our all-day phonebank for science: tr.ee/TN07-electionday
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... Every working scientist knows this but it is depressing to see it laid out. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... Every working scientist knows this but it is depressing to see it laid out. @nytimes.com @standupforscience.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social
Aftyn stands for science, and we are standing with her.
All of America is watching. Will you do your part? tr.ee/sufs-aftyn
All of America is watching. Will you do your part? tr.ee/sufs-aftyn
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Aftyn stands for science, and we are standing with her.
All of America is watching. Will you do your part? tr.ee/sufs-aftyn
All of America is watching. Will you do your part? tr.ee/sufs-aftyn