The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.
The false claim that #vaccines cause #autism can be traced to a 1998 article that has since been retracted, but it has persisted for decades in #AntiVax messaging that has repeatedly come up in conversations at pediatricians’ offices. The connection has been repeatedly disproved through dozens of studies examining hundreds of thousands of children around the world.
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
#TimothyMellon, a wealthy banking heir & railroad magnate, is a longtime backer of #Trump ….
A grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, Mr. Mellon was not a prominent Republican donor until Trump was elected. But in recent years, he has poured HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars into supporting Trump & the #Republican Party.
#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories
#TimothyMellon, who lives primarily in Wyoming, keeps a low profile despite his prolific political spending. He is also a significant supporter of #Health Secy #RFKJr, who also ran for president last year. Mellon donated millions to Kennedy’s presidential campaign & has also given money to his #AntiVax group, Children’s *Health* Defense.
#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories
> The cost of [a 2019] measles outbreak in #Texas ... was $47,479 per case
> ...[while the] #MMRvaccine provided by the #VaccinesForChildren program is $2.60
> --
https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2025-04-14/the-cost-of-the-measles-outbreak-in-texas
Simply put: #AntiVax is robbing the public purse.
If you would like to see reliable news reports from the ostrich farm, the BC Interior news source Castanet is updating this article.
Apparently the farm has been cleared of people not from the RCMP or CFIA, including some that have been arrested. The cull is expected to take place today or tomorrow though no timelines have been given.
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/573933/RCMP-confirm-B-C-ostrich-farmers-arrested#573933
#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz
Looks like the ostrich farm people have been arrested and the birds are going to be culled now. Here's the post I did about them a couple weeks ago.
Culling of the herd is simply what you do when you're farming. The nonsense culture war stuff is just that. Nonsense.
#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115204022092473804
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
But if you're concerned about #Trump & #RFK undermining #science & #medicine, the consensus is there for #transgender #healthcare, so you should be just as concerned about anti #trans rhetoric & anyone regurgitating it as you are for #antivax rhetoric. It's ALL #antiscience bullshit.
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Anarchism#Politics#Election#Gay#GayRights#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
But if you're concerned about #Trump & #RFK undermining #science & #medicine, the consensus is there for #transgender #healthcare, so you should be just as concerned about anti #trans rhetoric & anyone regurgitating it as you are for #antivax rhetoric. It's ALL #antiscience bullshit.
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Anarchism#Politics#Election#Gay#GayRights#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
I do wish people would treat #transphobia as the serious #redflag it is, cos if someone is repeating bullshit #pseudoscience talking points from #rightwing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to #antivax nonsense & undermining trust in #science & #medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Politics#Vote#Gay#GayRights#Trans#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
Sacha Stone built his global online following off antivax & 5G conspiracies - but now he's established himself in the MAGA fringe, his love of Putin, and a 'sovereign micronation' plan are stirring up local fears. Read my new investigation with Alexander Beunder: https://www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the-british-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia #Russia#Conspiracytheories#Socialmedia hashtag#Influencers #sovereigncitizens #extremism #pseudoscience #antivax #antivaxxers
Sacha Stone built his global online following off antivax & 5G conspiracies - but now he's established himself in the MAGA fringe, his love of Putin, and a 'sovereign micronation' plan are stirring up local fears. Read my new investigation with Alexander Beunder: https://www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the-british-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia #Russia#Conspiracytheories#Socialmedia hashtag#Influencers #sovereigncitizens #extremism #pseudoscience #antivax #antivaxxers
It's taken a while, but another NZ anti-vax doctor has finally been named. Suppression lapsed for Dr Sophie Jane Febery, currently practising in Mataura, when The NZ Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal released its decision yesterday.
In a series of what should have been career-ending acts of stupidity, Febery handed out vaccine exemptions, prescribed Ivermectin, attempted to import Ivermectin (later found to be sub-standard) and bodged medical records.
She appeared as a doctor at a Christchurch anti-vax rally, claiming the pandemic wasn't as deadly as scientists claimed.
The Tribunal decided "her public comments about the Covid-19 vaccine suggested a lack of research rigour." They found "her unlawful conduct amounts to malpractice and negligence."
She's on a tight rein for the next three years, has been formally censured and ordered to pay $67,196.52.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/gp-must-pay-65k-prescribing-ivermectin
It's taken a while, but another NZ anti-vax doctor has finally been named. Suppression lapsed for Dr Sophie Jane Febery, currently practising in Mataura, when The NZ Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal released its decision yesterday.
In a series of what should have been career-ending acts of stupidity, Febery handed out vaccine exemptions, prescribed Ivermectin, attempted to import Ivermectin (later found to be sub-standard) and bodged medical records.
She appeared as a doctor at a Christchurch anti-vax rally, claiming the pandemic wasn't as deadly as scientists claimed.
The Tribunal decided "her public comments about the Covid-19 vaccine suggested a lack of research rigour." They found "her unlawful conduct amounts to malpractice and negligence."
She's on a tight rein for the next three years, has been formally censured and ordered to pay $67,196.52.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/gp-must-pay-65k-prescribing-ivermectin
Playing the oldies
Nearly HALF of all children in the U.S. died by the age of 5 in the early 1800s. By the early 2000s, it was less than 1%.
What changed?
Scientific progress! Vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurization, chlorinated water, and the data to support regulations that would keep adulterants, pollutants and Germs out of the food and water supplies.
Now all of that is changing, thanks largely to the anti-science agenda of Trump and RFK Jr., as well as some trends that began before their tenure.
TB, which killed nearly 1 in 7 people in the U.S., is now relatively rare, thanks to antibiotics and screening. Though it's also making a comeback, with some multi-drug resistant strains. The WHO estimates that drug resistant super bugs could kill 10 million people a year by 2050 if urgent action isn't taken, something that is much less likely to happen in the US, with the slashing of science and research funding under Trump. However the problem precedes both Trump and RFK, stemming from years of overuse and misuse of antibiotics, primarily in animal agriculture, but also due to doctors misprescribing them for viral infections and due to patients not completing their course of treatment.
Smallpox, which killed 80% of all children it infected, no longer exists, thanks to vaccines. However, measles was gone, too, until antivax hysteria over the past 20 years caused many parents to forego vaccinations for their kids. Consequently, we're now seeing an uptick in measles, mumps, rubella and pertussis. As well as polio in many parts of the world.
Pasteurization kills many germs that spread through milk, including diphtheria, typhoid, E coli, salmonella, listeria, etc. It also kills bird flu. But many Americans, including RFKJr., keep pushing the false notion that raw milk is safer and healthier. Pasteurization, named for the scientist Louis Pasteur (who, incidently, had dyslexia and dysgraphia), is believed to have saved millions of lives, not only by keeping milk free of deadly pathogens, but also by extending its shelf life, thus providing greater access to this nutrient-rich food for children.
Federal regulations and monitoring have reduced the amount of adulterants, toxins and pollutants in the food and water supply, significantly reducing mortality. In the 1800s, tens of thousands died from cholera in the US, including Presidents Polk & Taylor, due mostly to fecal contamination of the water supply. Though water-chlorination is not currently under attack by RFK, he is calling for an end to fluoridation, which has helped keep millions of low income kids from getting cavities and losing their teeth. And RFK has been bragging about swimming with his grandkids in contaminated rivers, as if to condition us to embrace further deregulation and attacks on public health.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
#publichealth #children #vaccines #antibiotics #nutrition #hhs #RFKJr #antivax #Maha #mortality
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
Anti-Vaxxers Are Grifting Off the Measles Outbreak--and Claim a Bioweapon Caused It
#AIFormulated#RobertFKennedyJr#BioweaponClaim#Misinfo#AntiVax
https://www.wired.com/story/antivax-grift-measles-crisis-bioweapon/