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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his World Mercury Project: Antivaccine, NOT “fiercely pro-vaccine”

Post author By Orac
Post date December 15, 2017
78 Comments on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his World Mercury Project: Antivaccine, NOT “fiercely pro-vaccine”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. claims that he is “fiercely pro-vaccine.” His words and actions say otherwise, for instance his Indiegogo campaign to raise money to promote antivaccine misinformation.

Tags Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, antivaccine, Autism, CDC, Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment, Deadly Immunity, fda, Indiegogo, Post-licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring System, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, Vaccine Safety Datalink, vaccines, Word Mercury Project

Antivaccine nonsense Clinical trials

“No saline placebo-controlled vaccine trials”: An old antivax trope

Post author By Orac
Post date July 10, 2023
67 Comments on “No saline placebo-controlled vaccine trials”: An old antivax trope

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has resurrected the antivax claim that the childhood vaccine schedule has never been tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a saline placebo controls (and therefore the vaccine schedule is unsafe). This is an old and deceptive antivax half-truth that ignores both what constitutes a scientifically valid placebo and the ethical requirements for RCTs.

Tags Aaron Siri, antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Paul Offit, placebo, randomized clinical trial, randomized controlled trial, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saline, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Antivaxxers attack scientific consensus as a “manufactured construct”

Post author By Orac
Post date April 24, 2023
89 Comments on Antivaxxers attack scientific consensus as a “manufactured construct”

Neil deGrasse Tyson invoked the concept of a scientific consensus while supporting vaccines in his debate with Del Bigtree. Why was his statement about how “individual scientists don’t matter” compared to scientific consensus so triggering to antivaxxers? Why do antivaxxers reject the very concept of a scientific consensus and promote a hyper-individualistic view of how science should be conducted?