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“He tells the anti-vax crowd they've got a friend in the White House — that's not a friendship, that's a staffing memo. Same week he's overhauling the vaccine task force whose recommendations he'd already been sitting on, so the "fix" isn't the science, it's who gets to grade it. Next time your pediatrician hands you the immunization schedule, remember the guy who calls the polio vaccine a fraud is the one restaffing the committee that writes it.”
“He's the health secretary doing outreach to a concerned community, that's just public engagement — and the task force overhaul is about restoring rigor to the review process, nothing to do with the fact he'd been sitting on their recommendations since — okay, it's exactly to do with that, he's replacing the panel that wouldn't do what he wanted. The polio line, though, I've got nothing. That one's just wrong.”
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The receipts
The US has more measles cases in the last two years than the rest of the century combined, the worst since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine eventClick in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine event Returning to the anti-vaccine group he long chaired on Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr.
The US declared measles eliminated in 2000. The last two years carry more cases than the rest of the century combined - the worst count since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
RFK Jr. says anti-vaccine group has a 'friend at the White House'Speaking to the anti-vaccine group he once led, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday the Trump administration supports its cause.
The US declared measles eliminated in 2000; the last two years carry more cases than the rest of the century combined - the worst count since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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· RFK Jr. feuds with Shapiro, spreads vaccine misinformation from the morgue, 26 Aug 2026
· NIH director proposes overhaul of research to boost public trust from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026
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