Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Exclusive: US #CDC #vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says

A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study's author said.

#Trump#RFKJr#AI#HHS #science #medicine #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-cdc-report-shows-no-evidence-linking-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-autism-2025-06-24/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The meeting has become increasingly controversial after #Health Secretary #RFKJr just weeks ago abruptly fired all previous 17 members of the expert panel & named 8 new members, half of whom have advocated against #vaccines.

Kennedy, a long-time #AntiVaccine activist, founded the Children's Health Defense.

#Trump#AI#HHS #science #medicine #idiocracy #kakistocracy
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

But acc/to Berman, "it's not making reference to a study I published or carried out."

Berman said he co-authored a similarly named study in a different journal - Toxicological Sciences - that came to different conclusions than those suggested by Redwood.

"We did not examine the effects of thimerosal in microglia... I do not endorse this misrepresentation of the research," he said.

Reuters is the first to report on the inaccurate citation from Redwood's planned presentation.

#Trump#RFKJr#AI
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The report, called "Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative" published on the #CDC website on Tues, is to be presented by Lyn Redwood, a fmr leader of the #AntiVaccine group Children's Health Defense.

https://www.cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-2025-06-25-26/05-influenza-redwood-508.pdf

It makes reference to a study called "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," published in the journal Neurotoxicology in 2008, & co-authored by UC Davis Professor Emeritus Robert Berman.

#Trump#RFKJr#AI#HHS #science #medicine
Laffy
@GottaLaff@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

OFFS

Via Dr. Lucky Tran:

NEW: After firing expert scientists on the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, RFK Jr. has named their replacements.

The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.

This is bad.

#RFKJr

« Dr.Joseph R. Hibbeln, a psychiatrist and nutritional scientist who previously ‘worked on nutritional neuroscience at the NIH; « Dr. Martin Kulldorf, an epidemiologist formerly at Harvard Medical School, who has served on an FDA safety committee as well as the vaccine subgroup of ACIP; « Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management; « Dr. Robert Malone, a physician who conducted early research on mRNA vaccine technology; « Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, who has previously held advisory roles at CDC and FDA, including as an ACIP member; « Dr.James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician; « Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse with a PhD in public health, who has previously served on FDA vaccine advisory committees; « Dr. Michael Ross, an obstetrician and gynecologicist, who has served on a CDC advisory committee for the prevention of breast and cervical cancer.
« Dr.Joseph R. Hibbeln, a psychiatrist and nutritional scientist who previously ‘worked on nutritional neuroscience at the NIH; « Dr. Martin Kulldorf, an epidemiologist formerly at Harvard Medical School, who has served on an FDA safety committee as well as the vaccine subgroup of ACIP; « Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management; « Dr. Robert Malone, a physician who conducted early research on mRNA vaccine technology; « Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, who has previously held advisory roles at CDC and FDA, including as an ACIP member; « Dr.James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician; « Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse with a PhD in public health, who has previously served on FDA vaccine advisory committees; « Dr. Michael Ross, an obstetrician and gynecologicist, who has served on a CDC advisory committee for the prevention of breast and cervical cancer.
« Dr.Joseph R. Hibbeln, a psychiatrist and nutritional scientist who previously ‘worked on nutritional neuroscience at the NIH; « Dr. Martin Kulldorf, an epidemiologist formerly at Harvard Medical School, who has served on an FDA safety committee as well as the vaccine subgroup of ACIP; « Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management; « Dr. Robert Malone, a physician who conducted early research on mRNA vaccine technology; « Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, who has previously held advisory roles at CDC and FDA, including as an ACIP member; « Dr.James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician; « Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse with a PhD in public health, who has previously served on FDA vaccine advisory committees; « Dr. Michael Ross, an obstetrician and gynecologicist, who has served on a CDC advisory committee for the prevention of breast and cervical cancer.
Broadwaybabyto
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Trump regime continues to double down on their eugenicist choices, nominating Casey Means, a wellness influencer, for surgeon general.

I’ve said for a long time that “wellness” is eugenics adjacent.

While there’s nothing wrong with a healthy lifestyle, no amount of green juice, yoga, meditation or sunlight can cure disabilities.

What’s worse, wellness “influencers” almost always blame the chronically ill for not trying hard enough.

Between Means, Prasad, RFK Jr and Dr Oz, things look bleak for those with disabilities (but great for anyone hawking supplements!)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/trump-surgeon-general-casey-means-00334304

#ableism #eugenics #chronicillness #uspoli #fascism #wellness #rfkjr #caseymeans