CDC ACIP is a nightmare scenario, 28 June 2025
CDC ACIP is a nightmare scenario.
I tuned into the CDC ACIP meeting to hear some woman reading some anti-vax screed rattling on about RSV vaccines a script that sounded like it was written by a chatbot. And it was Great Barrington Declaration guy Martin Kulldorf, who was interacting with the public commenters.
Anti-vax Sentiment On Display At Two-Day Vaccine Panel The meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices concluded with a vote to validate an unsupported anti-vaccine narrative. Walker Bragman Jun 27, 2025 The tone of the meeting was set out of the gate on Wednesday by chairman Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician who previously worked at the anti-vax Brownstone Institute and co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued for a COVID mass infection herd immunity strategy. “If you have questions and concerns about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, we want to hear them…No questions should be off limits,” he said. Any doubt as to what Kulldorff might have meant was quickly laid to rest when he approvingly quoted Kennedy’s defense of his anti-vax views. “As Secretary Kennedy has eloquently stated, ‘opposing mercury in fish does not make you anti-fish, and opposing mercury in vaccines does not make you anti-vaccine,’” Kulldorff said. “In fact, to thoroughly scrutinize and ensure the safety and efficacy of vaccines is a pro-vaccine position.” The remark was a reference to the organomercury compound thimerosal, which is used as a preservative in some vaccines, including some flu vaccines, but has largely been removed from inoculations for decades. No evidence suggests it is dangerous.
There were, after all, a few non-anti-vax public comments, but It's all just beyond.
We will be lucky if they haven't already started eugenics programs at HHS powered by AI which will be blamed later for missteps.
🗞️ In the news
CNN - CDC vaccine advisory meeting should be postponed amid bias concerns, senator says By Sarah Owermohle June 23, 2025 “Although the appointees to ACIP have scientific credentials, many do not have significant experience studying microbiology, epidemiology or immunology,” Cassidy wrote on X on Monday. “In particular, some lack experience studying new technologies such as mRNA vaccines, and may even have a preconceived bias against them.” He further said that the meeting should not take place when there is no permanent CDC director. The administration’s nominee for that post, Dr. Susan Monarez, is due to appear for her confirmation hearing before the HELP Committee on Wednesday morning, the same day the advisory panel is set to convene. The administration withdrew its first nominee for CDC director, former Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon, in March amid senators’ concerns about his vaccine views and the prospect that multiple Republicans would vote against his nomination.
CIDRAP - Long-COVID diagnoses fairly common in Medicare claims News brief June 3, 2025 Stephanie Soucheray, MA Overall, beneficiaries with four or more COVID-19 vaccine doses had a 39% lower adjusted rate of long COVID relative to beneficiaries without a prior dose (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60 to 0.62). "Long COVID diagnoses were relatively common, occurring in nearly 1 in 25 Medicare beneficiaries, but especially in those with certain chronic conditions and without prior COVID-19 vaccine doses," the authors concluded.
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"Get over it" typically means "Shut up and go away because I don't care."
My letter to reps:
Mitch Mcconnell literally said people would “get over” losing Medicaid. I don’t think that’s true. I think once hospitals and nursing homes are closed at an accelerated pace, and elderly people with dementia are being unhoused, and sick people can’t get emergency care or necessary surgeries while elective surgeries persist… This is not going to lead to more social stability. We already see this because it's already happening and it's not going well. Accelerating this deterioration of healthcare will obviously make people more dissatisfied, at a minimum. Medicaid and Medicare cuts are unpopular because they will bring us all more frustrations and more hardships.
Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.
Quote:
“Why did you pull me over? I’m not discussing my day. Am I being detained or am I free to go? I invoke the 5th, I want my lawyer.”
