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🚨 Over 28 falsehoods and common anti-vaccine talking points were shared during yesterday’s ACIP meeting. The zone is being flooded with misinformation, and it’s impossible to debunk it all in real time. But here are some key ones you should know. 🧵
🚨 Over 28 falsehoods and common anti-vaccine talking points were shared during yesterday’s ACIP meeting. The zone is being flooded with misinformation, and it’s impossible to debunk it all in real time. But here are some key ones you should know. 🧵
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The new ACIP Chair, Martin Kulldorff, falsely claimed kids may be getting “too many vaccines” and suggested re-evaluating long-used ones.
📌 Reality: Kids today actually get exposed to fewer antigens via vaccines than in past decades.
📖: cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/a…
The new ACIP Chair, Martin Kulldorff, falsely claimed kids may be getting “too many vaccines” and suggested re-evaluating long-used ones.
📌 Reality: Kids today actually get exposed to fewer antigens via vaccines than in past decades.
📖: cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/a…
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Kulldorff pushed misleading claims about the hepatitis B birth dose—saying it’s only needed for “high-risk” groups.
📌 Reality: Vertical transmission from mother to baby is common and dangerous. Birth dose prevents chronic liver disease and cancer.
📖: aap.org/en/news-room/f…
Kulldorff pushed misleading claims about the hepatitis B birth dose—saying it’s only needed for “high-risk” groups.
📌 Reality: Vertical transmission from mother to baby is common and dangerous. Birth dose prevents chronic liver disease and cancer.
📖: aap.org/en/news-room/f…
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Multiple members raised discredited talking points:
❌ Vaccines "seed the whole body" with spike protein
❌ Most hospitalized are vaccinated (base rate fallacy)
❌ VAERS numbers prove danger
📌 Reality: These are well-debunked myths that ignore context, scale, and actual immune biology. Which is why it’s so concerning the new ACIP members lack the expertise of past / fired members.
Multiple members raised discredited talking points:
❌ Vaccines "seed the whole body" with spike protein
❌ Most hospitalized are vaccinated (base rate fallacy)
❌ VAERS numbers prove danger
📌 Reality: These are well-debunked myths that ignore context, scale, and actual immune biology. Which is why it’s so concerning the new ACIP members lack the expertise of past / fired members.
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Misinformation like this is not harmless. It erodes trust, misleads policymakers, and endangers public health.
For more details on the 28+ falsehoods spread at ACIP and the facts to counter them, see this excellent breakdown by @EviCollective:
🔗 #ACIPevicollective.org/tec-briefs
Misinformation like this is not harmless. It erodes trust, misleads policymakers, and endangers public health.
For more details on the 28+ falsehoods spread at ACIP and the facts to counter them, see this excellent breakdown by @EviCollective:
🔗 #ACIPevicollective.org/tec-briefs
💰 Bonus: Several ACIP members failed to disclose serious conflicts of interest.
•Kulldorff & Malone were paid expert witnesses against Merck
•One member linked to anti-vaccine org NVIC
•Another resigned over stock holdings
📌 Transparency is essential- and was promised- but here, it was missing.
•Kulldorff & Malone were paid expert witnesses against Merck
•One member linked to anti-vaccine org NVIC
•Another resigned over stock holdings
📌 Transparency is essential- and was promised- but here, it was missing.
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