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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.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad gaslights his readers about RFK Jr. ‘s role in the deadly Samoa measles outbreak

RFK Jr.'s letter to the Samoan Prime Minister
RFK Jr.'s letter to the Samoan Prime Minister in November 2019, right during the deadliest part of the measles outbreak.

One of many shameful incidents in the life of antivax activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his promotion of anti-MMR fear mongering during a measles epidemic in Samoa. Now that he could become HHS Secretary, his apologists are frantically trying to gaslight you. Here’s how.