The #CDC is sitting on a report showing that the #COVID #vaccine "cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/
(#paywalled)

It was set to be published last month when #JayBhattacharya delayed it because of "methodology" concerns. But it uses standard CDC methodology for evaluating vaccines, and Bhattacharya approved the release of a flu vaccine report using the same methodology the week before the planned release of the COVID report. Bhattacharya reports to #RFKJr.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

With New Charter, #Kennedy Redesigns #Vaccine Committee and May Sidestep Court Ruling

The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for #Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.
#maha #rfk #cdc

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/health/cdc-rfk-jr-vaccine-committee-ruling.html

No One Knows Where US #Vaccine Policy Goes Next

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done.
#rfk #rfkjr #maha

https://www.wired.com/story/no-one-knows-where-us-vaccine-policy-goes-next/

Recently, a judge blocked #RFKJr's effort to remake a panel of federal #vaccine advisors because he ignored a requirement that members be qualified. So now he wants to rewrite the qualifications to allow his gang of cranks, quacks and grifters. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/vaccines/120720

#ImpeachRFKJr

If you can't get to the NY Times or Washington Post articles about the CDC's deliberate stalling of a report that shows that folks who got the covid vaccine last winter were 50% less likely to visit urgent care, hospital emergency departments, or to need hospitalization -- you can see the details in New Republic without a paywall.

New Repub: https://newrepublic.com/post/208886/rfk-jr-cdc-delays-report-covid-vaccine-worked?utm_medium=notification

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/health/cdc-bhattacharya-covid-shot-report-delay.html

WaPo (who broke the story): https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/

#covid #vaccine

Michelle R Smith: As #RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school #vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died. The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr.

#Mississippi #antivax #DHHS
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/09/rfk-jr-mississippi-rollback-school-vaccine-rules