Michelle Silver

The U.S. government is failing on vaccine policy. The Vaccine Integrity Project is here to help The Vaccine Integrity Project will convene experts to assess the evidence on influenza, RSV, and Covid-19 to equip clinicians with reliable, evidence-based information.

At long last...

While the U.S. Govt FAILS on vaccine policy, the VACCINE INTEGRITY PROJECT offers HOPE

-Made up of 80+ top experts

-Will provide scientific briefs on the epidemiology, virology & vaccine safety/efficacy for INFLUENZA, COVID-19 & RSV

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“One of the areas they’re preparing to address is flagging federal support for vaccines, but the member states also have efforts underway to address pandemic preparedness, laboratory services, epidemiology and other key public health priorities.”
#PublicHealth👇🏽

Childhood vaccines were a global success story. Misinformation and other obstacles are slowing that progress, a study shows

Childhood vaccines were a global success story. Misinformation and other obstacles are slowing that progress, a study shows

CNN
June 25, 2025
By Jen Christensen

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#vaccines #COVID #measles #polio #CovidIsNotOver

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations A leader of the CDC's reconstituted vaccine advisory committee said the panel would start a review of long-approved shots.

News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings.

“We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
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Pediatrician Dr. Schrier teaches HHS Secretary about specific cases of vaccine preventable diseases (measles, meningitis, whooping cough) that she has treated.

All of these terrible diseases are preventable with available vaccines.

#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social

This week’s presentation to RFK’s new CDC vaccine advisory committee on Thimerosal, which RFK has pushed for, was posted online yesterday after he answered questions from Congress about fake citations in the MAHA report. It also has multiple fake citations and included falsified and nonexistent data

In response to RFK loading up the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee with anti-vaxxers, medical societies, local health departments, and advocacy groups are working to preserve vaccine access by ordering vaccines directly from manufacturers and emphasizing vaccine guidance from medical associations.

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

First shelf: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Reyes), Learning to Fall (Morris), I Love You S'more (Desombre), She Gets the Girl (Lippincott & Derrick) Second Shelf: All That's Left in the World (Brown), Caught in a Bad Fauxmance (Rose), Heartstopper Vol. 1 (Oseman), The Darkness Between Us (Schaeffer) Third Shelf: Going Bicoastal (Adler), Where the Dark Stands Still (Poranek), Never Ever Getting Back Together (Gonzales), Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (Hibbert), Flowerheart (Bakewell) Fourth Shelf: Hell Followed With Us (White), I Wish You All the Best (Deaver), The Sunbearer Trials (Thomas), Dead End Girls (Heard), The Sacrifice (Chupeco) Fifth Shelf: Loveless (Oseman), Icarus (Ancrum), Summer Bird Blue (Bowman), Radio Silence (Oseman), The Weight of Stars (Dow), Sawkill Girls (Legrand) Bottom Shelf: I Kissed Shara Wheeler (McQuiston), Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Albertelli), Nimona (Stevenson), Forget Me Not (Derrick)

A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it??

Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙

RFK Jr. is going to kill thousands of people. That’s not hyperbole.

You want to talk about government efficiency? Every $1 spent on childhood immunizations in the US returns a savings of $11, thanks to preventing illnesses, and saving millions of lives.

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...

👀 Hot off the press: A scathing open letter co-authored by all 17 former ACIP members. It's a frank look at ACIP history and the hard truths America will grapple with in the upcoming months.
Turns out the former ACIP members have more spine than CDC leadership 🙄
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We heard directly from more than 150 researchers, scientists and investigators about their terminated NIH grants and the science that’s being lost. Full story ⤵️

RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

"Experts say the FAQ's citations distort some legitimate studies and cite others that are disputed and unpublished.

"In two instances, the HHS memo makes claims about dangers to pregnant women that are actively refuted by the papers it cites to back them up..."

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An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.

Devastating changes to vaccine policy will be catastrophic for the fall/winter flu and covid season. Last season 2500 covid deaths per week. There will likely be a significant increase
Mask 😷 up, air quality, isolate when ill, spread the word, take care of each other

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How a Purge at One Obscure Panel Could Disrupt U.S. Vaccinations

“I’m very, very worried about young children in this country,” said Dr. Helen Chu, professor of medicine at the University of Washington and one of the committee members who was fired. If the panel’s new members “don’t believe in vaccines, then I think it puts us in a very dangerous place.”

HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings — STAT WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including those who work in divisions that handle cruise ship ...

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CDC all-hands pushed to next week. Questions now must be emailed — no more anonymous submissions.

Will we be penalized for asking:
❓Who is our acting CDC director?
❓Why are scientists being pushed out?

Ending anonymity — oversight or effort to stifle dissent?

Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.'s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’ Terminated CDC vaccine adviser Helen Chu spoke with STAT about her fears for the future of vaccine policy

Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.’s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’ www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

#ACIP determines who should get vaccines, when, & how often. Its guidance shapes U.S. immunization schedules for children & adults. It influences:
- What vaccines schools require
- What insurers cover
- What doctors recommend
- How the U.S. responds to outbreaks
A weakened ACIP is bad for everyone.

RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American “Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...

"Kennedy has accused ACIP members of serving industry interests over public health. Nothing could be further from the truth. ACIP meetings are live-streamed. All votes & records are fully accessible....Members must disclose [COI] & recuse themselves...if any conflicts arise"
@richbesser.bsky.social

Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

This is the roster of ACIP committee fired yesterday. Bios included - highly qualified and vetted scientists and physicians. Worth saving this before it gets taken down for comparison with those who will be selected to replace them. We are going backwards at speed.
www.cdc.gov/acip/members...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. The text reads, “RFK Jr. removes all members of key vaccine committee, will replace them with his own picks.” AP Photo by Jose Luis Magana.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was removing the entire membership of the influential vaccine advisory panel that makes immunization recommendations for the United States. wapo.st/43zDOE2

Welp, there it is. RFK Jr. has removed all 17 members that comprise CDC’s vaccine advisory committee and will make new appointments. I said on PBS News Hour in February that this was a red line for me. www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

US measles cases nearing 30-year high The U.S. has seen four times as many measles cases this year compared to all of last year, nearing a 30-year high, according to CDC data.

US measles cases are nearing 30-year high. At least 1168 measles cases have been confirmed across 33 states. Last year, the US had just 285 measles cases, CDC data shows. The nation is on track to surpass the 1274 cases of 2019 & is expected to have the highest number of cases since 1992👇

Kennedy dismisses entire US CDC vaccine panel, replacing all 17 members

Kennedy dismisses entire US CDC vaccine panel, replacing all 17 members

Reuters
June 9, 2025
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Michael Erman, Julie Steenhuysen

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#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #USPoli #vaccines