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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org.web.brid.gy @gorskon.bsky.social
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA
In the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot, Dr. Vinay Prasad, and how he is weaponizing dead children
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org.web.brid.gy @gorskon.bsky.social
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In the continuing story of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s efforts to eliminate vaccines, we look at one of his useful idiots, CBER Director Dr. Vinay Prasad, and his email laying out how FDA will weaponize dead children to justify making vaccines harder to approve. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA
In the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot, Dr. Vinay Prasad, and how he is weaponizing dead children
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In the continuing story of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s efforts to eliminate vaccines, we look at one of his useful idiots, CBER Director Dr. Vinay Prasad, and his email laying out how FDA will weaponize dead children to justify making vaccines harder to approve. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
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Vague "new" evidence. ✅
Runs counter to a large & robust body of evidence exploring risks / benefits. ✅
Aligned with fearmongering antivaxx BS rhetoric. ✅
Very on-brand for MAGA / MAHA. ✅
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths wapo.st/49GmNLP
Runs counter to a large & robust body of evidence exploring risks / benefits. ✅
Aligned with fearmongering antivaxx BS rhetoric. ✅
Very on-brand for MAGA / MAHA. ✅
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths wapo.st/49GmNLP
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vague "new" evidence. ✅
Runs counter to a large & robust body of evidence exploring risks / benefits. ✅
Aligned with fearmongering antivaxx BS rhetoric. ✅
Very on-brand for MAGA / MAHA. ✅
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths wapo.st/49GmNLP
Runs counter to a large & robust body of evidence exploring risks / benefits. ✅
Aligned with fearmongering antivaxx BS rhetoric. ✅
Very on-brand for MAGA / MAHA. ✅
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths wapo.st/49GmNLP
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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The darkness descends.
If this wasn't so deadly, it would almost be comical. How much worse can it get? Every day brings a new head-shaking horror.
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2 wapo.st/4pvW7C8
If this wasn't so deadly, it would almost be comical. How much worse can it get? Every day brings a new head-shaking horror.
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2 wapo.st/4pvW7C8
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The darkness descends.
If this wasn't so deadly, it would almost be comical. How much worse can it get? Every day brings a new head-shaking horror.
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2 wapo.st/4pvW7C8
If this wasn't so deadly, it would almost be comical. How much worse can it get? Every day brings a new head-shaking horror.
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2 wapo.st/4pvW7C8
Another example of the trashing of American science an public health! www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump slashed spending on clinical trials. The toll is starting to become clear.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Another example of the trashing of American science an public health! www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
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Vaccine hesitancy isn't just for humans, we see impacts on pets too.
There's some overlap between hesitancy for human and animal vaccines, but also some different issues and reasons.
It's complex.
But, what are the disease implications.
1/n
There's some overlap between hesitancy for human and animal vaccines, but also some different issues and reasons.
It's complex.
But, what are the disease implications.
1/n
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Vaccine hesitancy isn't just for humans, we see impacts on pets too.
There's some overlap between hesitancy for human and animal vaccines, but also some different issues and reasons.
It's complex.
But, what are the disease implications.
1/n
There's some overlap between hesitancy for human and animal vaccines, but also some different issues and reasons.
It's complex.
But, what are the disease implications.
1/n
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Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
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RFK Jr. is America's biggest health threat. Each day he remains in office is an erosion of our public health and science. We're delivering petitions from thousands of concerned Americans demanding RFK Jr. be impeached on 11/5. Add your name today!
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November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
RFK Jr. is America's biggest health threat. Each day he remains in office is an erosion of our public health and science. We're delivering petitions from thousands of concerned Americans demanding RFK Jr. be impeached on 11/5. Add your name today!
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I was very privileged to meet @nedivetcol and @endocrino.vet at the Hill's Global Symposium. Inspiring to connect with others working to bring the best, science-based medicine to veterinary patients!
www.threads.com/@nedivetcol/...
www.threads.com/@nedivetcol/...
Neurodiagnóstico Veterinario (@nedivetcol) on Threads
El Dr. Brannan Mackenzie, presidente de la Asociación de Medicina Basada en la Evidencia, nos deja un gran mensaje
“Aceptar nuestras limitaciones” esto no nos hace menos médicos, nos hace más humanos...
www.threads.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I was very privileged to meet @nedivetcol and @endocrino.vet at the Hill's Global Symposium. Inspiring to connect with others working to bring the best, science-based medicine to veterinary patients!
www.threads.com/@nedivetcol/...
www.threads.com/@nedivetcol/...
Some mainstream attention for a problem I have been talking about for many years!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Some mainstream attention for a problem I have been talking about for many years!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
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🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
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The only thing dumber than infant chiropractic: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bnx...
Notice how whatever the cat does is worked into his shtick. This is absolute nonsense on every level.
@skeptvet.bsky.social
Notice how whatever the cat does is worked into his shtick. This is absolute nonsense on every level.
@skeptvet.bsky.social
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The only thing dumber than infant chiropractic: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bnx...
Notice how whatever the cat does is worked into his shtick. This is absolute nonsense on every level.
@skeptvet.bsky.social
Notice how whatever the cat does is worked into his shtick. This is absolute nonsense on every level.
@skeptvet.bsky.social
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Try science communication on social media, they said.
It will be fun, they said.
It will be fun, they said.
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Try science communication on social media, they said.
It will be fun, they said.
It will be fun, they said.
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Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
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That’s totally how science works
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
That’s totally how science works
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RFK Jr. has a less-than-zero understanding of how science works. "Make the proof" should be disturbing for anybody who cares about health, truth, or democracy.
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
RFK Jr. has a less-than-zero understanding of how science works. "Make the proof" should be disturbing for anybody who cares about health, truth, or democracy.
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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5 troubling CDC vaccine policy themes: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1) Subverting established vaccine review process
2) Data are cherry-picked to fit a predetermined narrative.
3) Goalposts shifted to proving negatives
4) Diseases downplayed
5) It’s all about “informed consent.”
1) Subverting established vaccine review process
2) Data are cherry-picked to fit a predetermined narrative.
3) Goalposts shifted to proving negatives
4) Diseases downplayed
5) It’s all about “informed consent.”
Opinion | Five troubling themes that show where CDC vaccine policy is headed
Here’s what I learned watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointees discuss vaccines last week.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
5 troubling CDC vaccine policy themes: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1) Subverting established vaccine review process
2) Data are cherry-picked to fit a predetermined narrative.
3) Goalposts shifted to proving negatives
4) Diseases downplayed
5) It’s all about “informed consent.”
1) Subverting established vaccine review process
2) Data are cherry-picked to fit a predetermined narrative.
3) Goalposts shifted to proving negatives
4) Diseases downplayed
5) It’s all about “informed consent.”
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We talk a lot about the Swedish study where the effects of acetaminophen on neurodevelopmental outcomes disappeared after sibling control. This paper from Japan with over 200,000 subjects showed the same thing. Small harmful effect that disappeared (actually sl. protective) with sibling controls.
Maternal Acetaminophen Use and Offspring's Neurodevelopmental Outcome: A Nationwide Birth Cohort Study - PubMed
Although PS-matched analyses indicated small increases in risk, sensitivity analyses suggested that unmeasured confounding, misclassification and other biases may partially explain these associations.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We talk a lot about the Swedish study where the effects of acetaminophen on neurodevelopmental outcomes disappeared after sibling control. This paper from Japan with over 200,000 subjects showed the same thing. Small harmful effect that disappeared (actually sl. protective) with sibling controls.
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Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
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Autism is a complex condition with no one cause.
But we already have a strong understanding of what’s driving its increased incidence, that isn’t a mystery.
We’re better at screening for it. And common risk factors (environmental, genetics, older maternal and paternal age) are rising.
But we already have a strong understanding of what’s driving its increased incidence, that isn’t a mystery.
We’re better at screening for it. And common risk factors (environmental, genetics, older maternal and paternal age) are rising.
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Autism is a complex condition with no one cause.
But we already have a strong understanding of what’s driving its increased incidence, that isn’t a mystery.
We’re better at screening for it. And common risk factors (environmental, genetics, older maternal and paternal age) are rising.
But we already have a strong understanding of what’s driving its increased incidence, that isn’t a mystery.
We’re better at screening for it. And common risk factors (environmental, genetics, older maternal and paternal age) are rising.