Vaccines (except measles)
Measles
Has its own section due to the scope of the topic
2005
2005-01-01 RFK Jr. published, “Deadly Immunity”, claiming government health agencies colluded with big pharma to hide the dangers of vaccines.
https://www.influencewatch.org/person/robert-f-kennedy-jr/
2017
2017-01-11 Scientific American published a story about how RFK distorted vaccine science.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-robert-f-kennedy-jr-distorted-vaccine-science1/
2021
2021-06-01 Some vaccine skeptics promoted ivermectin (horse dewormer) as a COVID treatment, later citing Merck’s Pentagon oral-treatment deal as supposed proof.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/15867/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/ivermectin-and-covid-19
2025 January
2025-01-29 During a confirmation hearing, Bernie Sanders questioned RFK about his non-profit Children’s Health Defense selling anti-vax propaganda onesies for infants on their website: “Unvaxxed – Unafraid” and “No Vax - No Problem”.
2025 March
2025-03-01 The Trump administration terminated 22 federal contracts to develop mRNA vaccines, cut research grants into vaccine improvements, fired the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and fired CDC Director Dr. Susan Manares for resisting anti-vaccine directives.
2025 August
2025-08-08 A gunman opened fire on the CDC building. News outlets reported the gunman blamed vaccines for making him depressed and suicidal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0y796qqp9o
2025 September
2025-09-03 Desantis approved a vaccine mandate removal in Florida. Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph Lapado said, “What you put into your body is because of your relationship with your body and your God”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0e485wwwo
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/health/2025/09/08/desantis-defends-ending-vaccine-mandates
2025-09-03 Florida pushed its vaccine bans on schoolchildren.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/florida-vaccine-mandates
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7331a2.htm
2025-09-18 After RFK removed 17 members of the vaccine committee and replaced them with vaccine skeptics, they all debated over changing or reducing vaccine recommendations for children.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/health/cdc-vaccine-panel-acip-mmrv-hepatitis
2025 November
2025-11-20 The CDC website was altered to promote claims linking vaccines and autism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cdc-website-changes-to-include-false-claim-about-autism-and-vaccines/
https://autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releases/cdc-webpage/
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2470
https://www.cdc.gov/autism/faq/index.html
2025 December
2025-12-04 The CDC advisory panel voted to reverse newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cdc-vaccine-panel-in-disarray-over-hepatitis-b-vote/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/12/04/cdc-panel-hepatitis-b-vaccine-change/87591605007/
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kennedy-guts-acip-cdc-vaccine-panel-rcna211935
2026 January
2026-01-06 The CDC dropped several crucial and common vaccines from the vaccine schedule for children including for meningitis, an illness which can be lethal to children in under 24 hours.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/us-alters-childhood-vaccine-schedule-drops-six-common-vaccines/
https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/vaccines/6-shots-removed-US-childhood/104/web/2026/01
2026 February
2026-02-01 The FDA blocked review of a flu vaccine developed by Moderna.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/health/fda-moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine
2026 March
2026-03-16 US District Judge Brian Murphy blocked RFK’s attempts to slash recommended vaccines for infants – including his attempt to eliminate childhood vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RSV, Dengue fever, and two types of bacterial meningitis. He wrote in his ruling, “There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made – a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements. Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions”. The judge also found that RFK violated the law when he fired all 17 board members of the CDC.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2026/03/16/kennedy-vaccines-lawsuit/89186841007/
2026 April
2026-04-10 Acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya blocked COVID vaccination reports showing their benefits. Jay Bhattacharya was one of the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration in 2020 which argued against COVID lockdowns even before vaccines were developed.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/cdc-chief-covid-vaccine
https://www.wsav.com/news/cdc-delays-covid-vaccine-benefits-report/
PAY OR SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/
Great Barrington Declaration links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration
https://www.hoover.org/research/man-who-talked-back-jay-bhattacharya-fight-against-covid-lockdowns
2026-04-21 Senator Roger Wicker of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized the Pentagon for getting rid of flu shot mandates for military readiness.
https://theweek.com/politics/hegseth-military-flu-vaccine-requirement