RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote
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RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote
They did vote to restrict access to the Measels/Mumps/Rubella vaccine for children under 4. Monsters.
For those who don't know, that vaccine is the origin of the modern anti-vaccine movement. A company marketing stand-alone vaccines was mad that somebody made a combo vaccine, making theirs unmarketable, so they funded fraudulent studies to block it.
These shots are a fucking nightmare for child. Not allowing combined formulations is them basically just jabbing you child in the arm 3 or 4 extra times just so some company can overcharge you for them.
The amount of times this administration has been standing in the room with me and wife while we're trying to make important decisions about OUR CHILD is fucking mind-boggling.
jokes on you for having a kid in 2024/25
My understanding is that they removed "MMRV" - the combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella - shot, presumably in favor of "MMR+V" - on Measles + Mumps + Rubella shot and a second Varicella shot, which has been the 'default' practice for under-4s anyway. Parents have had the option to use the 1-shot MMRV instead of the 2-shot MMR+V, and removing MMRV from recommendation will (I assume) eliminate that option.
Slightly ironic, given that RFK Jr was just complaining how kids these days have to get "90 injections" to be fully vaccinated, that the MMRV move will essentially add an injection to the vaccination schedule.
You see!!! The government wants to jab you more! Check mate!
Of course, before it all got defunded, the only significant prevention of dementia in seniors was a fully updated vaccination schedule.
Seniors who get all their seasonal vaccines have 30% less risk of dementia.
Well it's a bit more than that. On the first day they voted to restrict access to MMR for under 4's, except they also voted an exemption that covered like half of American children.
Then on the 2nd day they had another vote to in fact cancel it for those children as well.
This isn't correct. They voted to recommend against the MMRV vaccine which MMR + Smallpox vaccine. Typically for under 4's these are done separately in something like 85% of cases unless the parent specifically requests them together.
So not much is changing regarding the MMR vaccine
Not to second guess you but just out of interest, do you have a source?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancet_MMR_autism_fraud
https://youtu.be/7UbL8opM6TM Brian Deer is the reporter that initially did the research on the antivax movement, here's the TV documentary he made on the subject
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