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Auscandoc<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/19/trump-rfk-jr-viruses-vaccines?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jul/19/trump-rfk-jr-viruses-vaccines?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> “the US where the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and his <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> cronies are making a valiant effort to overturn decades of progress in modern medicine” <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RFJK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFJK</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> Recommendations Backed by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br>But for as long as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> have existed, people have opposed them, and in recent years the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> movement has gained visibility and power.<br>As a public resource, Scientific American has created graphics outlining the vaccines recommended by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ACIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACIP</span></a> as of its final meeting in 2024. <br><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-vaccine-recommendations-backed-by-science-in-these-handy-charts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/see-vaccine-recommendations-backed-by-science-in-these-handy-charts/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/yk7zL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/yk7zL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Over the next century, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polio</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> &amp; drastically reduced the toll of many others. Today, however, some preventable, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContagiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContagiousDiseases</span></a> are making a comeback as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VaccineHesitancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccineHesitancy</span></a> pushes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunization</span></a> rates down. And well-established vaccines are facing suspicion even from *public officials*, w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, a longtime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> activist, running the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> dept, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>C.D.C. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> Meeting: What to Watch For </p><p>The vaccine panel’s agenda includes some topics that are closely associated with the anti-vaccine movement.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/acip-cdc-vaccines-kennedy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/</span><span class="invisible">acip-cdc-vaccines-kennedy.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As the 1st day of the 2-day meeting continued, fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> ofcls said they were shocked by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LynRedwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LynRedwood</span></a>’s appointment. Redwood is scheduled to give a presentation Thurs on thimerosal, a preservative used in some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> movement claims its presence is linked to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a>, a suggestion that has been repeatedly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debunked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunked</span></a>. Before the meeting, the CDC had posted a doc saying that thimerosal was safe. That doc has been taken down from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACIP</span></a> website.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before the meeting began, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> staff who work on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> safety were informed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> had appointed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LynRedwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LynRedwood</span></a>, a fmr leader of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> group *Children’s Health Defense* that Kennedy founded, to join the office, acc/to one federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> official &amp; 3 former health officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation [from the vengeful admin].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVax</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pediatrics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthyIfYoureWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyIfYoureWealthy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EconomicDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDiscrimination</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, who founded an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> group, has long called for an investigation into the number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> receive. Medical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/experts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experts</span></a> say that Kennedy has falsely linked that increase to a rise of chronic disease, noting that more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> are available now to combat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a> &amp; that his link has no basis in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>. Medical experts &amp; the federal govt recommend the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HepatitisB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HepatitisB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a>, because it prevents the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LiverDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiverDisease</span></a>, which can be passed along at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birth</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The meeting has become increasingly controversial after *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a>* Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> just weeks ago abruptly fired all previous 17 members of the expert panel &amp; named 8 new members, half of whom have advocated against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a>.</p><p>Kennedy, a long-time <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> activist, founded the Children's Health Defense.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The report, called "Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative" published on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> website on Tues, is to be presented by Lyn Redwood, a fmr leader of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> group Children's Health Defense.</p><p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-2025-06-25-26/05-influenza-redwood-508.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-</span><span class="invisible">2025-06-25-26/05-influenza-redwood-508.pdf</span></a></p><p>It makes reference to a study called "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," published in the journal Neurotoxicology in 2008, &amp; co-authored by UC Davis Professor Emeritus Robert Berman.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> Is Barely Even Pretending Anymor <br>America’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> era is truly beginning.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/06/cdc-acip-anti-vaccine-rfk/683156/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxaLwqNRbI7I4IbkkdBen8-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/health/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2025/06/cdc-acip-anti-vaccine-rfk/683156/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxaLwqNRbI7I4IbkkdBen8-0</span></a></p>
Ron Sparks 🇨🇦 #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦<p>I was expecting better. Even from a guy whose heroin soaked brain was half eaten by worms. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rfkjr" target="_blank">#rfkjr</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rfk" target="_blank">#rfk</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23vaccines" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23research" target="_blank">#research</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23health" target="_blank">#health</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medicine" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cdc" target="_blank">#cdc</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23kennedy" target="_blank">#kennedy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23healthcare" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23uspoli" target="_blank">#uspoli</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23antivax" target="_blank">#antivax</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23antivaccine" target="_blank">#antivaccine</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23flu" target="_blank">#flu</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23donaldtrump" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23covid" target="_blank">#covid</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cabinet" target="_blank">#cabinet</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23trump" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23robertfkennedyjr" target="_blank">#robertfkennedyjr</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23flushot" target="_blank">#flushot</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mms" target="_blank">#mms</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23measles" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23polio" target="_blank">#polio</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hiv" target="_blank">#hiv</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23birdflu" target="_blank">#birdflu</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eiyryfczicuhk7xrjppyqjxv/post/3lrf57oppcp27" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eiyryfczicuhk7xrjppyqjxv/post/3lrf57oppcp27</a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>In his first piece for Rense’s site in 2005, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandLehrman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LelandLehrman</span></a> described himself as “an American citizen of Jewish heritage concerned about the methods &amp; doctrines that the criminal leadership of the Jewish &amp; Zionist hierarchy have promoted worldwide.”</p><p>Mark Gorton (the millionaire creator of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LimeWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LimeWire</span></a>) &amp; Tony Lyons (the founder of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SkyhorsePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkyhorsePublishing</span></a>, which releases conspiratorial &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> books, including by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>) are cofounders of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a> PAC, &amp; co-presidents of the MAHA Institute.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>An Insider's View of the Texas <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> Outbreak : Shots - Health News : NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392323/an-insiders-view-of-the-texas-measles-outbreak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392323/an-insiders-view-of-the-texas-measles-outbreak</span></a> “One of her toughest challenges: <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antivaccine</span></a> advocates have flooded the region with false claims about risks from vaccines. "They are moving ten times the speed we are," Wells told Tradeoffs when we caught up with her to talk about her experiences. Those false messages not only undermine the public's confidence in vaccines, she said, they sow distrust in public health more broadly.”</p>
Forrest Tanaka<p>“I had heard a term that accurately describes the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> movement. Instead of an active removal of the ‘unfit’ from the gene pool, ‘soft eugenics’ is more of a shrug, followed by an attitude of ‘let nature take its course.’ The idea, of course, is that the ‘fit’ will easily survive the challenge—in this case, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a>—and it’s only if you’re ‘unfit’ somehow that you have anything to worry about.”</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/measles-maha-and-soft-eugenics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencebasedmedicine.org/measl</span><span class="invisible">es-maha-and-soft-eugenics/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaccine</span></a> advocate, seems to have targeted more than just the most pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> voices in the govt. During his confirmation hearings, Kennedy said he would “empower the scientists” as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secy, but here are just a few of the MDs &amp; PhDs who were reportedly targeted yesterday:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
somecanuckchick<p>Pierre Poilievre is campaigning for his 8th term as a MP... all he has ever accomplished is hate, fear, and division.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/polcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polcan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pierrepoutine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pierrepoutine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/robocalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robocalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/antissm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antissm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/antiwomensrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiwomensrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sellout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sellout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/decadeofconservativedarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decadeofconservativedarkness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deadbabyonabeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deadbabyonabeach</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>How the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> movement weaponized a 6-year-old's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> death</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/anti-vaccine-influencers-weaponized-measles-death-texas-rcna196900" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/anti-vaccine-influencers-weaponized-measles-death-texas-rcna196900</span></a></p>
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ<p>"The Right’s ‘Natural’ Meat Obsession Is a Regressive Fantasy" by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@sentientmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sentientmedia</span></a></span> </p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>Another component for Kennedy of what constitutes “natural” is taking on things like red food dye, seed oils and ultra-processed foods — while promoting tallow, raw milk and grass-fed beef.<br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p><a href="https://sentientmedia.org/mahas-natural-foods-obsession/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentientmedia.org/mahas-natura</span><span class="invisible">l-foods-obsession/</span></a></p><p>Vegans often are faced with fallacious arguments, and one of the most common is the Naturalistic fallacy.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturali</span><span class="invisible">stic_fallacy</span></a></p><p>However, this is often a bad faith disguise. The use of naturalistic fallacies in these contexts, such as the claim that consuming animals is "good" because it's natural, is a disguise for another more insidious fallacy: the traditionalist fallacy or "appeal to tradition".</p><p><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appe</span><span class="invisible">al_to_tradition</span></a></p><p>The traditionalist fallacy is, in this context, the argument that "consuming animals is good because we've done it for thousands of years".</p><p>Traditionalism is heavily political, as the people are finding out again in places such as the US. It's sometimes known as "paleoconservatism", and it should be no surprise that the popularity of the "paleo diet" culturally connects to this. </p><p>Conservatives, ever since the rise of modernity (end of 'traditional' society, end of monarchism and feudalism) have been trying to reinvent the past through pseudointellectual and pseudoscientific efforts. This has been at the heart of incredible amounts of suffering and horror since then. I have some notes on that on my pinned thread: <a href="https://veganism.social/deck/@veganpizza69/110813538364525265" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">veganism.social/deck/@veganpiz</span><span class="invisible">za69/110813538364525265</span></a> </p><p>Bullshit &amp; snake oil are not vegan.</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/grassFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassFed</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/animalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animalIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/CAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAFO</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/intensivization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intensivization</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/extensivization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extensivization</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ecofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecofascism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/traditionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traditionalism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleoconservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoconservatism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleo</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleodiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleodiet</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/traditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traditions</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/tradwife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tradwife</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/antivaxx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaxx</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a></p>