RFK Jr. went on national TV and spouted egregious, dangerous falsehoods about vaccines. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. @FoxNews might not fact-check him, but I will. I've reviewed the trials. I've catalogued them. I have receipts. 🧵.

Important read from @mtosterholm on the Vaccine Integrity Project. As vaccine policy shifts, the scientific and medical communities are working together to support clinicians with clear, evidence-based guidance. Essential leadership when it’s needed most. @statnews @CIDRAP.

RT @dr_jon_l: Removing food dyes from candy is a performative distraction that will do nothing for America's health problems. Maybe don't….

RT @CaulfieldTim: Great piece. 👇. Here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong by @jakescottMD via @ConversationUS . Rea….

“People with more power can do more, but almost anybody can stand up and say that undermining vaccinations hurts us all.”. I agree. Undermining vaccines, especially when amplified by those in power, poses real global harm.

RT @statnews: Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the dow….

"Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I’m now seeing the downstream consequences in my California clinic." . New piece I wrote. Thanks to @thekibosch and @statnews.

"Nevertheless, because any potential risk is of concern, the Public Health Service (PHS), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and vaccine manufacturers agree that thimerosal-containing vaccines should be removed as soon as possible." .- 7/9/99.

RT @BradSpellberg: Really compelling story by @corinnepurtill: "Strangers in the middle of a city: The John and Jane Does of L.A. General M….

"And if the secretary wants to restore public trust in and maintain the integrity of health agencies, he should immediately make good on his “radical transparency” pledge and apply it to all health advisory committees, including the newly constituted vaccines advisory committee.

Excellent piece by @ProfGenKanter:. "If Kennedy really wants to limit industry influence in health policy and the health care system, the most impactful thing he could do is to roll back the funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health. "

RT @doritmi: What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr. ? Not what Kennedy says. It's….

RT @jsm2334: Vinay Prasad gave a speech announcing the FDA was updating its myocarditis warning for mRNA vaccines as of June 25, 2025. On….

Claiming the American Academy of Pediatrics is “pro-mercury for kids” is absurd and dishonest. In 1999, the AAP joined public health agencies and vaccine manufacturers in recommending that thimerosal be reduced or eliminated as a precaution, not because it was harmful. By 2003,

9/ No vaccine is without risk. But these numbers differ by orders of magnitude. This is not unknown. If we want to rebuild trust, we need to stop pretending that vaccines were flawless. They weren’t. Protection against infection and transmission was overpromised. These missteps.

8/ So what about deaths from the vaccine?. Here's the best available data:.Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS): The Janssen vaccine (an adenovirus-vector product no longer in use in the U.S.) was linked to 8 confirmed fatal cases of TTS in the U.S., among 14 million.

7/ One of the biggest failures in messaging was the way protection against infection and protection against severe disease were conflated. COVID vaccines were never expected to provide long-term sterilizing immunity. No intramuscular vaccine can be expected to fully prevent a.

6/ The real-time US surveillance data tells the same story. In Los Angeles, 89% of nursing home resident deaths occurred before widespread COVID vaccination (March 2020 to January 2021). During the Delta surge (Oct-Nov 2021), unvaccinated adults were 53

5/ We also have strong real-world cohort data. A nationwide study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed over 6 million COVID cases in England and found that two doses of the Pfizer vaccine reduced the risk of death by over 90%, and that protection held for at.

4/ Let's look at the evidence, because the data are overwhelming:. A Lancet Infectious Diseases study modeling 185 countries estimated that in the first year of COVID vaccination (Dec 2020–Dec 2021), vaccines prevented between 14.4 and 19.8 million deaths globally. (Model-based.

3/ Before vaccines, ICUs were overwhelmed. Hallways filled. Some hospitals had to triage patients - deciding who might receive care and who wouldn’t. The suffering was unlike anything any of us had seen in our careers. Then vaccines arrived. Deaths plummeted. By mid-2021, nearly.