07/05/2025
Nice debunk of typical anti-COVID vaccine tropes
Here’s the thing: RFK Jr. isn’t criticizing supposed lax vaccine testing, he’s selling fear and doubt while promoting human experimentation. Brilliant deflection, but the actual science?
"It didn't protect you from COVID."
False. Vaccines significantly reduced infection risk, even with Omicron. Early studies showed up to 95% efficacy at preventing disease, later boosters maintained strong protection, evidence backed by millions of cases and studies .
"It didn't stop transmission."
Partly true. Delta and Omicron were more transmissible, but vaccines still reduced viral load and transmission, especially initially. There's abundant data on reduced secondary attack rates among vaccinated individuals.
"It didn't lessen disease severity."
Absolutely untrue. Across all variants, vaccinated individuals had significantly lower hospitalization and death rates, often by a factor of 10 or more. Numerous peer-reviewed studies, including CDC and WHO data, confirm this.
Every policy tweak, boosters, masking, updated shots, was based on evolving evidence, not dishonesty. Science isn’t a manifesto frozen in time; it refines as new data emerges. Demonizing public health as some never-changing monolith ignores that.
So if you're going to “mock RFK” as someone challenging testing, realize he’s not even arguing that. He’s selling a false narrative built on ignoring real-world outcomes. Vaccines worked, and to claim they didn’t is to reject mountains of data for a catchy soundbite.
-AMV
