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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lies about measles in Samoa

In 2019, RFK Jr. went to Samoa to promote antivax propaganda that fueled a measles outbreak. We now learn it was even worse than reported.

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“Gold Standard Science” on vaccines? More like gold-plated nonsense

Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., executive order, vaccines
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plotting to make infectious diseases great again.

Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order on vaccines. It’s a repackaging of antivax tropes that will make infectious diseases great again.

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“Voices of the Vaccine-injured”: Old school antivax nonsense on steroids

Senator Ron Johnson
Senator Ron Johnson.

Yesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson held a hearing, “Voices of the Vaccine-injured.” As expected, the misinformation and conspiracy theories flowed.

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The soft eugenics of MAHA: RFK Jr. on autism and Dr. Oz on your patriotic duty to be healthy

MAHA eugenics

Last month I referred to the “soft eugenics” of RFK Jr. and MAHA. More recently, he and Dr. Oz provided new examples, one about autism, the other about public health.

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Has RFK Jr. betrayed the antivax movement?

RFK Jr and Donald Trump: MAHA? Measles?
RFK Jr and Donald Trump.

Yesterday, I woke up to see an amazing op-ed in which longtime antivaxxer and now HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a call to action that included the MMR vaccine. Has he gone pro-vax? Not exactly, but it’s amusing to watch his fans howl.