The Truth about RFK Jr

At MedPageToday Richard Hughes and Lawrence Gostin criticized the actions of the reconstituted ACIP from a legal perspective. They wrote, "The final agenda was released less than a day in advance as additional items were added at the last minute. It was unclear how the agenda items were chosen. Transparency was the casualty. Members had little time to analyze the evidence; there was limited participation of CDC staff in the meeting, in contrast to the norm; and outside experts, stakeholders, and the public who tried to weigh in may not have been heard, as panel members reportedly "milled about, out of their seats" during public comment periods. That is not a reasoned process -- it is a façade of deliberation."

The two lawyers continued, "There is a broader governance imperative. The APA [Administrative Procedure Act] and FACA [Federal Advisory Committee Act] are not bureaucratic niceties; they are the legal architecture of public trust. They operationalize two simple propositions: decisions affecting life and health must be made in the open, and they must be explained on the merits. When those guardrails are ignored, legitimacy collapses and credibility evaporates. What remains is not only bad policy -- it is unlawful policy."
 
Peter Grossi discussed the problems with adding autism to the list of vaccine injuries. He wrote, "What is not so well appreciated is that if new HHS and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leadership officially declare that childhood vaccines cause autism, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)—created in 1986 to maintain the flow of childhood vaccines by directly compensating those injured by taking a vaccine rather than forcing them to sue the vaccine manufacturers—will quickly be bankrupted by a tsunami of autism claims. Manufacturers of all childhood vaccines will then likely cease production to escape massive liability risk as victims would return to suing manufacturers directly, just as manufacturers warned 40 years ago. As I have detailed in a new paper, forthcoming in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, the economic burden on the VCIP of just one year of the most serious autism cases would likely total more than $30 billion—more than 100 times the program’s annual revenues."
 
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Peter Grossi discussed the problems with adding autism to the list of vaccine injuries. He wrote, "What is not so well appreciated is that if new HHS and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leadership officially declare that childhood vaccines cause autism, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)—created in 1986 to maintain the flow of childhood vaccines by directly compensating those injured by taking a vaccine rather than forcing them to sue the vaccine manufacturers—will quickly be bankrupted by a tsunami of autism claims. Manufacturers of all childhood vaccines will then likely cease production to escape massive liability risk as victims would return to suing manufacturers directly, just as manufacturers warned 40 years ago. As I have detailed in a new paper, forthcoming in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, the economic burden on the VCIP of just one year of the most serious autism cases would likely total more than $30 billion—more than 100 times the program’s annual revenues."
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Exactly what anti-vaxx froot-loop RFK Jr. wants to happen. He's a vaccine injury lawyer by trade.
 
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At Unbiased Science Jess Steier and colleagues rebutted today's claims about autism. They wrote, "Here’s just the tip of what’s wrong with this claim: Kennedy mentioned “two studies,” but didn’t specify which. A quick search turns up two likely candidates. One is a 2015 Danish registry study that found a modest statistical bump in autism diagnoses among circumcised boys, especially under age five. The authors themselves highlighted big limitations—incomplete circumcision data, inability to prove causation, and the telling fact that sisters of circumcised boys showed no increased autism risk. (By the way, the study never mentioned Tylenol, acetaminophen, or any pain medications. The researchers were investigating whether the circumcision procedure itself - the pain and stress - might be linked to autism.)...But RFK Jr.’s real logical leap is collapsing these into one neat story: some circumcised boys get Tylenol for pain, and some are later diagnosed with autism—therefore, Tylenol causes autism. That’s like saying umbrellas cause car accidents because both are more common on rainy days."
 
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