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#RFKjr Forces Out Top #Vaccine Official
#PeterMarks forced #resignation letter March 28 2025
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his #misinformation and lies"
WOW, that's a punch
PDF
https://tinalexander.github.io/notes/attachments/2025-03-28_fda_peter-marks-resignation.pdf
#RobertFKennedyJr #RobertFKennedy #HealthSecretary #USA #America #US #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Vaccines #Vaccine #antiVAX #medicine #AntiVAXXER #MedicalResearch #Trump
Vaccines helped to eradicate smallpox, and diseases like polio are pretty rare. An anti-vax health secretary in a golden age of medicine is totally absurd, and as much use as a witch doctor.
I wonder how many people in America would die in another pandemic under Robert F. Kennedy’s watch?
Top #FDA #Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks.html
Top #FDA #Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in #vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
#misinformation #rfkjr
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks.html
The #Trump admin on Fri pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top #vaccine regulator & an architect of the US program to rapidly develop #coronavirus #vaccines, a move that comes as #HHS Secy #RFKJr continues his *overhaul* [destruction] of the nation’s #health & #science agencies amid a worsening #US outbreak of #measles.
Marks, who joined the FDA in 2012 & had overseen its Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research since 2016, was offered the choice to resign or be fired….
He opted to resign.
#RFKJr. forces out Peter Marks, #FDA’s top #vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent #measles outbreak shows how confidence in #science & #PublicHealth is being “undermined.”
#Trump #idiocracy #medicine #disease #pandemic #health #healthcare #kakistocracy #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/
Hoe Do You Get Vaccinated Without A Doctor? 
Adults, children, travel and more info here.
In this article is a list of public health agencies by province and territory:
#Vaccine #Health #Canada #Doctor
https://thehealthinsider.ca/getting-vaccinated-without-a-family-doctor/
2025-March-28 Friday
567 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,224,920 Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
B.C. launches spring COVID-19 vaccination campaign as respiratory season comes to a close
British Columbia's top doctor says respiratory illness season has come to an end, but the province will soon launch a spring COVID-19 immunization campaign and encourages everyone to ensure the...
#health #covid19 #vaccine #measles #BritishColumbia #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-launches-spring-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-as-respiratory-season-comes-to-a-close-1.7496619?cmp=rss
#Genetic and #antigenic characteristics of #zoonotic #influenza A viruses and development of candidate #vaccine viruses for #pandemic preparedness {WHO, March 28 '25}, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/genetic-and-antigenic-characteristics.html
I got my measles shot a week or two ago, just to be on the safe side. At the time there were no outbreaks in my state. But here--as I seem to be saying a lot these days--we are.
Great read
"Why RFK Jr.’s pick for a vaccine-autism review may be familiar to Retraction Watch readers"
"While there’s irony in the retraction of a paper on conflicts of interest for issues with conflicts of interest, the key part of that story is that the journal replaced it with a new version of the paper with an updated conflict of interest statement and changes throughout — and this paper remains intact. "
#retractionWatch #RFK #vaccine #antivax #AcademicChatter
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/27/david-geier-retractions-autism-vaccines-rfk-hhs-cdc/
#RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited #Vaccine Researcher for #Autism Study
#DavidGeier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
#hhs #rfkjr
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/rfk-jr-autism-vaccines.html
Discredited anti-vaccine advocate will lead #CDC study on #vaccines and #autism
A discredited anti-vaccine advocate who has no medical background and who has been disciplined for practicing medicine without a license will reportedly lead a questionable federal study on vaccines and autism—despite a large volume of existing research that has found no link between the two and despite a thorough debunking of claims that vaccines cause autism.
#vaccine
Several experts said that appointing #DavidGeier to work on a study of #vaccine safety preordains the outcome — like having a basketball referee show up in one team’s jersey.
“You’d think you’d want a fresh eye,” said Edward L. Hunter, a fmr head of Washington’s #CDC office.
“This isn’t a fresh eye. They have already published their results, & spending all this time & money is not going to help anyone. I am quite certain they’ll come to the same conclusion.”
#DavidGeier’s involvement in #US govt #research heightens fears that #vaccine confidence could be further eroded, especially after #RFKJr’s recent embrace of questionable alternative treatments for #measles during the ongoing #outbreak in #Texas.
“If we increase vaccine hesitancy & immunization rates go down further, we will see more vaccine-preventable #disease outbreaks. That’s how it works,”said Dr. Christopher Beyrer, director of the Duke Global Health Institute.
Federal judges have rejected their #research on #autism & #vaccines as too unreliable to stand up in court.
David Geier’s new #US govt role has stunned #PublicHealth experts, who had already expressed concerns about #RFKJr’s decisions to cancel a long-held #vaccine meeting & to cut grants focused on understanding vaccine hesitancy.
I have in fact read the #MIS (#medication #information sheet) for the #Pfizer #vaccine, since that's the one I've been getting, and I do the same for every prescribed #medication I take. People act like it's some kind of super-secret information, when really it's as easily accessible as a Mike #Waltz chat on #Signal.
Sen. Bill Cassidy voted to confirm #RFK Jr. on the condition that he would keep him informed on vaccine-related matters.
They two had breakfast to talk about #HHS job cuts, but picking an anti-vax advocate to oversee #vaccine research Cassidy has said is unnecessary didn't come up.
More @STAT:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/rfk-jr-meets-with-louisiana-senator-bill-cassidy-no-word-on-controversial-vaccine-autism-study/
