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#RFKJr Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into #Vaccines Despite Recent Public Silence

“Health” Secy Robert F Kennedy Jr has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside the #HHS, a sprawling “research” effort is top priority.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/health/kennedy-vaccine-safety.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

RFK Jr. Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.

The New York Times

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Nonilex May 11

#Health Secy #RFKJr has said little publicly about #vaccines in recent months, at the behest of a #Trump WH worried that his unpopular stance will hurt #Republicans in November’s midterms. But he has not abandoned his quest for “evidence” they are unsafe.

Working behind the scenes, RFKJr is spearheading an intense push, across health agencies under his purview, for govt scientists & federal data contractors to examine his theory that vaccines are helping to fuel an epidemic of chronic disease….

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Nonilex May 11

The wide-ranging inquiry is a top priority for #RFKJr, who sees #vaccines as a “potential culprit” in various #neurological &#autoimmune disorders, including #asthma & #allergies [absurd]. It resurrects research into a number of ideas RFKJr has espoused, including whether vaccines are linked to #autism & whether thimerosal, a preservative that has largely been removed from vaccines in the #US but remains in some flu shots, is dangerous.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #disinformation #Health

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Nonilex May 11

The effort is being led by Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician & #vaccine safety “expert” who rose in prominence during the #pandemic as a critic of #Covid restrictions & vaccine mandates, & is now the #health dept’s chief “#science” & data officer.

Career scientists at the #FDA & #CDC are conducting the research alongside contractors who provide statistical expertise & access to millions of patient #medical records. The initiative was described by 6 people close to it….

#Trump #law #privacy

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Nonilex May 11

The work is raising alarms among some #vaccine scholars & critics of #RFKJr, who have long accused the secretary of cherry-picking data & misinterpreting studies to claim that #vaccines are unsafe & to limit their use. They fear RFKJr will use the findings to further erode confidence in vaccines, which the World Health Organization estimates saved 154 million lives over the past half-century.

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2qx 🔻May 12

@Nonilex

The modern anti-vaccine movement coincidences (c. 1998) with the creation of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).

From 1998-2003, the United States began to take the possibility of a large scale Russian backed #smallpox bioterror incident seriously. The preparation involved stockpiling enough smallpox vaccines for every American (300M+) and actively monitoring for arge scale aerosolized release (#BioWatch).

What if the US were now a rogue terror state? 👇

https://montereyprotocols.org