TechdirtACIP Chair Wonders Aloud If We Should Really Be Vaccinating For Polio These Days
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Doctors face-palm as #RFK Jr.’s top #vaccine advisor questions need for #polio shot
#KirkMilhoan’ declared, “I don’t like established science,” and that “science is what I observe.” He lambasted evidence-based methodology previous ACIP panels used to carefully and transparently craft #vaccine policy.
While arguing that he was not anti-vaccine, he said he was merely focused on safety and made false claims about vaccine risks, a common trope among anti-vaccine activists.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/do-we-really-need-polio-shots-deep-thoughts-by-rfk-jr-advisor-get-dragged/
#KirkMilhoan’ declared, “I don’t like established science,” and that “science is what I observe.” He lambasted evidence-based methodology previous ACIP panels used to carefully and transparently craft #vaccine policy.
While arguing that he was not anti-vaccine, he said he was merely focused on safety and made false claims about vaccine risks, a common trope among anti-vaccine activists.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/do-we-really-need-polio-shots-deep-thoughts-by-rfk-jr-advisor-get-dragged/
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Nonilex#KirkMilhoan, a pediatric cardiologist & critic of #COVID #vaccination who recently took over as chair of the influential vaccine panel, said members meeting Thursday & Friday are broadly scrutinizing #vaccines recommended for #children. The wide-ranging discussions on the timing of vaccines & ingredients could signal major changes to how children in the #US are vaccinated [& paid for], marking the latest flash point in an accelerating reshaping of #immunization policy under #RFKJr.