Antivaxxers, ignoramuses and vulgarians are in the process of destroying the CDC.

I have copies of the January 2025 vaccination schedule, as approved by ACIP in October 2024, and the respective MMWR publication, i.e. the status before things get altered.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has told Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that Japan will donate $550 million over five years to "Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance," which promotes immunization in developing countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/vaccine-alliance-donation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #vaccinations #microsoft

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crusade against mRNA vaccine technology will make the next pandemic harder to handle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/08/rfk-jrs-mrna-decision-is-bad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #robertfkennedyjr #mrna#covid19 #vaccinations #health #medicine #us

GOP lawmakers will pay dearly — in lives and votes — for not reining in a peddler of junk science and anti-vax conspiracies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/25/world/rfk-jr-making-america-sick-again/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #health #medicine #republicans #vaccinations #measles #donaldtrump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cut to U.S. funding for GAVI risks lives globally and damages America’s international standing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/07/world/rfk-endangers-babies-lives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews#robertfkennedy #rfk #donadtrump #gavi#covax#covid19 #health #medicine #vaccinations