The Truth about RFK Jr

[Chris_Halkides]

Axios reported, "The Trump administration canceled a nearly $600 million award to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It ends one of the remaining Biden-era efforts aimed at creating vaccines for pandemic preparedness. But the company said it would explore alternatives for further developing and manufacturing the shot."

 

[Norman Alexander]

Axios reported, "The Trump administration canceled a nearly $600 million award to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It ends one of the remaining Biden-era efforts aimed at creating vaccines for pandemic preparedness. But the company said it would explore alternatives for further developing and manufacturing the shot."

Yeah, take that, Demoncrats!

 

[Chris_Halkides]

NPR reported, ""This is not simply about efficacy — it's about safety, integrity, and trust. The reality is that mRNA technology remains under-tested, and we are not going to spend taxpayer dollars repeating the mistakes of the last administration, which concealed legitimate safety concerns from the public," [HHS Communications Director Andrew] Nixon said...Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of Brown University's Pandemic Center, said the decision was "disappointing, but unsurprising given the politically-motivated, evidence-free rhetoric that tries to paint mRNA vaccines as being dangerous."..."This decision puts the lives and health of the American people at risk," said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown School of Public Health, who served as President Biden's COVID-19 response coordinator."

 

[Norman Alexander]

NPR reported, ""This is not simply about efficacy — it's about safety, integrity, and trust. The reality is that mRNA technology remains under-tested, and we are not going to spend taxpayer dollars repeating the mistakes of the last administration, which concealed legitimate safety concerns from the public," Nixon said...Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of Brown University's Pandemic Center, said the decision was "disappointing, but unsurprising given the politically-motivated, evidence-free rhetoric that tries to paint mRNA vaccines as being dangerous.""

Bull-◊◊◊◊. The mRNA vaccines have a 30-year history of testing. More than most vaccines ever.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Bull-◊◊◊◊. The mRNA vaccines have a 30-year history of testing. More than most vaccines ever.

Some of the back story of the mRNA vaccines is found here.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

MedPageToday reported, ""While the termination of funding from HHS adds uncertainty, we are pleased by the robust immune response and safety profile observed in this interim analysis," the company [Moderna] said in a statement...Moderna received $176 million in July 2024 and $590 million in January. The January award would have supported a late-stage clinical trial that could have determined the vaccine's efficacy against pandemic viruses, including bird flu, a company spokesman said."

 

[Carrot Flower King]

I know it was mentioned in the Trump Term 2 thread, but it seems appropriate to put a link here too:

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump team

www.theguardian.com

Basically RFK Jr's MAHA reprt is full of lies and untruths, made up papers, all carefully placed in a bed of bovine manure.

Personally, I'd be more surprised if it contained anything actually clinically and scientifically accurate.

 

[Tero]

I know it was mentioned in the Trump Term 2 thread, but it seems appropriate to put a link here too:

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump team

www.theguardian.com

Basically RFK Jr's MAHA reprt is full of lies and untruths, made up papers, all carefully placed in a bed of bovine manure.

Personally, I'd be more surprised if it contained anything actually clinically and scientifically accurate.

I found RFK Jrs book with Fauci in the title in a Goddwill store. It has hundreds of references and footnotes. None of them go to a peer reviewed paper.

 

[angrysoba]

I found RFK Jrs book with Fauci in the title in a Goddwill store. It has hundreds of references and footnotes. None of them go to a peer reviewed paper.

It also contains acknowledgments to all kinds of absolute weirdo cranks such as germ-theory deniers, anti-vaxxers (obvs!), and other assorted ghouls, supplement slingers and alt med enthusiasts.

 

[bruto]

I was at the dentist's today and the higienist was lamenting that the tick season is upon us and some of her friends south of here are afraid even to go to the beach because they're so bad in the beach grass. And I was thinking, I think there's been some good progress on a Lyme disease vaccine, but then I realize we'll not likely see it even if it comes out, because old wormbrain will probably claim that the vaccine causes recalcitrant plebny and besides, ticks are really mother nature's way of keeping you fit and loaded for bear. I'd say "◊◊◊◊ that guy, " but I'd begrudge him the pleasure.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

MedPageToday reported, "Asked about the report's problems, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report will be updated. "I understand there was some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated," Leavitt told reporters during her briefing. "But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government." The report is supposed to be used to develop policy recommendations that will be released later this year. The White House has requested a $500 million boost in funding from Congress for Kennedy's MAHA initiative."

 

[Norman Alexander]

MedPageToday reported, "Asked about the report's problems, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report will be updated. "I understand there was some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated," Leavitt told reporters during her briefing. "But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government." The report is supposed to be used to develop policy recommendations that will be released later this year. The White House has requested a $500 million boost in funding from Congress for Kennedy's MAHA initiative."

Well, that's ANOTHER half a billion dollars wasted in the US health care system... Where is DOGE when you REALLY need them!

 

[dann]

I know it was mentioned in the Trump Term 2 thread, but it seems appropriate to put a link here too:

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump team

www.theguardian.com

Basically RFK Jr's MAHA reprt is full of lies and untruths, made up papers, all carefully placed in a bed of bovine manure.
Personally, I'd be more surprised if it contained anything actually clinically and scientifically accurate.

From X:

Integral Answers on X, May 29, 2025
Fabricated and Misleading Citations in the MAHA Report
The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) report claims to be grounded in science.
But when you dig into the references—it starts to fall apart.
Let’s take a look.

1/ Many references in the MAHA report are non-existent.
Examples include studies with fake journal names, untraceable authors, or fabricated titles:
“Swanson & Mahoney, American Journal of Clinical Therapeutics, 2019”
No such journal. No such article.

2/ Some citations use fake or misleading journal names.
One reference cites the International Journal of Vaccine Outcomes—which does not exist in any indexed medical database. It sounds official. It’s not.

3/ Other studies are real, but their conclusions are twisted.
One paper cited to support vaccine harm actually concluded vaccinated patients had better ICU outcomes. The MAHA report cherry-picks and distorts.

4/ Some citations don’t list journals at all.
“K. Smith, ‘Immune drift and toxin buildup’, 2017”
No venue, no traceable author, and “toxin buildup” isn’t even a real immunological term.

5/ There’s a pattern of scientific mimicry.
Some references use journal names that resemble reputable sources but don’t exist:
Journal of Cellular Immunotoxicology — sounds legit, but doesn’t exist.

6/ Why it matters:
Scientific reports rise or fall based on the strength and credibility of their sources. If the references are fake or misrepresented, the entire premise collapses.

7/ Bottom line:
The MAHA report doesn’t just raise health concerns—it raises credibility concerns. If we want real solutions for childhood health, they must be based on real science.

 

[Mongrel]

From X:

So was it just malicious & stupid or did they utilise AI to make it really malicious & stupid

 

[Tero]

"How to achieve an optimal diversity of viewpoints in a university is a difficult problem and an obsession of our council. Of course, not every viewpoint should be represented. The universe of ideas is infinite, and many of them are not worthy of serious attention, such as astrology, flat earthism, and Holocaust denial. The demand of the Trump administration to audit Harvard’s programs for diversity and jawbone a “critical mass” of government-approved contrarians into the noncompliant ones would be poisonous both to the university and to democracy. The biology department could be forced to hire creationists, the medical school vaccine skeptics and the history department denialists of the 2020 election. Harvard had no choice but to reject the ultimatum, becoming an unlikely folk hero in the process."

(Steven Pinker)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/opinion/harvard-university-trump-administration.html

 

[bruto]

So was it just malicious & stupid or did they utilise AI to make it really malicious & stupid

They had to use artificial intelligence because the real stuff is long gone.

 

[Resume]

Pandemic 𓅃. Index (@panaccindex.bsky.social)

So RFK Jr’s “special advisor” is claiming that the COVID vaccine “will be completely pulled off the market for EVERYONE very sooN. THEN an investigation” while abandoning the millions of Americans disabled by SARS-CoV-2.

bsky.app

These lying-ass, dangerous mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ have to go.

 

[dann]

RFK Jr. ‘cannot remain in office’ after MAHA report cited fake studies: Doctor (MSNBC on YouTube, May 30, 2025 - 9:03 min.)
NOTUS and the New York Times are reporting that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Health Again” cited fake studies. New York Times Political Reporter Maggie Astor, senior research scholar at Columbia University Dr. Irwin Redlener and former Romney presidential campaign advisor Kevin Madden join Chris Jansing to react and to discuss the impact on families making health care decisions.

I think it's most likely that he both can and will remain in office.

 

[dann]

This is beyond parody!

Trump administration’s MAHA report riddled with fake citations (CNN on YouTube, Man 30, 2025 - 8:03 min.)
The first report from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week, appears to be rife with errors, including some studies that don’t exist. The citation errors were first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news site created by former Politico Publisher Robert Allbritton.

0:49--> Jasmyn Wright asking Karoline Leavitt a question: "I noticed the investigation found that the hallmark MAHA Commission report that was released last week cites studies that appear to not exist. We know that because, in part, we reached out to some of the listed authors who said that they didn't write the studies cited.
So I want to ask, does the White House have confidence that the information coming fromHHS can be trusted?"

Karoline Leavitt: "Yes. We have complete confidence in Secretary Kennedy and his team at HHS.
I understand there were some formatting issues with the report that are being addressed in the report will be updated.
But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government, is and is backed on good science that has never been recognized by the federal government."

 

[Resume]

But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government, is and is
backed on good science that has never been recognized by the federal government.

Yeah, sure it is.