03/19/2026
A MUST READ!
I strongly encourage you to read the attached article by the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Patricia Callahan in Pro Publica entitled: “How RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Return of Childhood Plagues.”
Here’s the link:
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
And kudos to my friend and vaccine mentor, Dr. Melinda Wharton, who led the previously science driven ACIP at CDC for so many years, and who contributed mightily to this article.
For me, there are three major takeaways:
First, Ms. Callahan details the enormous damage that Kennedy and the rest of his anti-vax, anti-science ilk have done to vaccine confidence and uptake for horrific childhood diseases that were virtually eliminated through the rigorous vaccine coverage.
Second, she shows that the certain consequence of this medical foolishness is a return of these deadly diseases and the suffering and death they will cause to families and children.
Third, Ms. Callahan correctly reveals that the ultimate goal of Kennedy and his band of misfits is to destroy the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which will cause vaccine manufacturers to be driven from the market and thus reduce the availability of needed vaccines.
Further huge benefits of this article include photographs of, descriptions of, symptoms and diagnoses of, and interviews with physicians who are treating diseases that were eradicated, and thus unseen, as a result of vaccines.
Most physicians have never encountered these diseases and conditions. So i recommend it to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians to acquaint them with the hallmarks of these diseases and thus instill a high degree of suspicion for them.. As a primary care doctor, I found it incredibly beneficial on that basis alone. I have shared this article with my patients
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
