Lisa Jarvis

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the

What a disaster of a week for public health in the US.

www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

My god.

Sadly, we do.

Was also struck by Joe Hibbeln's comment during the vote, when he noted the potential for harm in getting rid of the universal birth dose: "I simply hope the committee will accept its responsibly when this harm is caused."

During the Friday discussion, Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who was recently named as the panel’s new chair, was overheard telling another panel member that he wanted to talk to “some of the higher-ups” about the panel’s work. “You know, I feel like, you know, it’s, sort of like we feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel,” according to a transcript of the exchange captured by videoconferencing software and obtained by The Washington Post. Asked about those remarks, Milhoan wrote in a text message, “There are pressures from many organizations: federal, industry, medical organizations that are trying to influence by ad hominem attacks, when we are trying to look at and ask for data.”

!!!

The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.

"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M

Here is Aaron Siri's presentation. Meissner says: "What you have said is a terrible, terrible distortion of all the facts. I would like to go through then one by one, but obviously Robert will be on my case... I'm very sorry Paul Offit isn't here. I can't speak as effectively."

#acip

“What have I done!” 🤡

As expected the ACIP panel has voted to delay the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine--question is below. 3 no and 8 yes.

#ACIP #Medsky #IDsky #vaccines #pediatrics #obgyn

At ACIP day 2, liaison reps are echoing an important point (one raised by CDC's Adam Langer): the committee's mandate is public health--their recommendations are best advice for the *population* not specific children or parents.

Workgroup Members ACIP members Kirk Milhoan, MD, PhD Martin Kulldorff, PhD Evelyn Griffin, MD Vicky Pebsworth, PhD, RN Outside Experts Brian Morse, MD, PhD, Christine Stabell Benn, MD Ex-officio Tracy Beth Hoeg, MD, PhD

Found list of members. None, that I can tell, is an hepatitis B expert. www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

Agree. Have to wonder if watching the logic these folks are applying to routine vaccines makes him ponder his conviction on those pandemic views that so closely align with theirs.

At ACIP day 2, panel member Cody Meissner on hep B voting questions: "Thoughtful inquiry is always commendable. But that inquiry should not be confused with baseless skepticism, which is what I think we’re encountering here."

ACIP panelist Hibbeln is calling the preamble of vote 1 "illogical". And calls the idea of calling for a dose sometime before two months "unconscionable" because no evidence has been presented and notes it was the reason for tabling the vote in September.
He's angry.

#ACIP #CDC #vaccines #pediatric

ACIP just voted to delay 'til tomorrow morning their vote on its hepatitis B vaccine recommendations-- after much confusion about what, exactly, they were even going to be voting on.

Reminder: ACIP doesn’t have the authority to tell insurers to cover the multiple later blood draws they’re recommending.
That’s aside from them not understanding that you have a series to get lasting immunity, not just temporary antibodies, so should complete it.

THIS is how you do health journalism—including the highly responsible title that gets immediately to the real story

Thank goodness for journalists like @melodyschreiber.com & columnists like @lisamjarvis.bsky.social at Bloomberg, who are covering the dangerous shenanigans of the MAHA crew so well

thank you! (and good company to be in)

Screenshot from Ernest Ramirez X account. He is posing with Tracey Beth Hoeg and another woman at FDA. In one of the two pictures there is a sign on his back saying his son was killed by Pfizer's vaccine. Pfizer logo is covered with bloody handprint.

This is new FDA CDER Director with a father who believes his son was killed by COVID vaccine. She is in front of FDA sign and smiling while pointing to his vest which has Pfizer's logo and a bloody handprint on it.

more on Blaxill here:

The FDA’s Leaked Covid Memo Is Reckless and Dangerous An internal memo written by the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — and could have profound implications ...

Prasad's leaked memo makes reckless and dangerous claims without evidence and offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — one that could have profound implications for both access to and the development of vaccines.

My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

“It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data.”

Breaking: FDA to name Tracy Beth Hoeg, who helped lead Covid shot investigation, as acting CDER chief FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency's drug unit

Whelp.

Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill The speaker is working behind closed-doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.

🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.

Here's what to know 👇

A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.

Scathing editorial in NEJM from a dozen former FDA commissioners on the Prasad memo: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Another superb piece by Lisa Jarvis, on the leaked COVID-19 vaccine memo

Prasad "provided no data or research to support the claim — an irresponsible and dangerous approach to regulatory oversight. It is also wildly out of step with the agency’s typically careful process of reviewing safety data."

The FDA’s Leaked Covid Memo Is Reckless and Dangerous An internal memo written by the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — and could have profound implications ...

Prasad's leaked memo makes reckless and dangerous claims without evidence and offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation in the US — one that could have profound implications for both access to and the development of vaccines.

My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

For folks who have relied on enhanced tax credits, the 2026 deadline on healthcare.gov looms like the anti-Advent... with no deal sight from Washington.
Policy folks advise signing up; there could be a deal after the deadline. if there isn't, you could drop out after using your annual exam.

On this front, my @opinion.bloomberg.com from last month (🎁 link):

Obamacare Subsidies Likely to Expire With Congress in Deadlock Chances are increasing that Obamacare subsidies will expire at the end of the month and trigger a spike in health insurance premiums as a deadlock in Congress deepens on the issue.

The ACA tax credit extension is going nowhere in Congress. Republicans are opposing a straight extension pitched by Democrats, but don't yet have a plan of their own.

Sound familiar?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

On this front, my @opinion.bloomberg.com from last month (🎁 link):