RFK Jr. just removed thimerosal from all U.S. flu shots.
Every other childhood vaccine dropped it over 20 years ago for safety.
Yet flu shots kept it—for reasons no one can explain.
In that time, countless kids and pregnant women may have been harmed.
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Every other childhood vaccine dropped it over 20 years ago for safety.
Yet flu shots kept it—for reasons no one can explain.
In that time, countless kids and pregnant women may have been harmed.
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In June, the CDC’s new vaccine advisory panel—reformed under RFK Jr.—voted against flu shots containing thimerosal.
Today, Kennedy made that decision official.
Today, Kennedy made that decision official.
But the truth about thimerosal in vaccines is confusing.
No one seems able to explain why it stayed in flu shots this long—even though mercury’s been considered a neurotoxin for decades.
It was removed from childhood vaccines around 2000.
And while there’s no confirmed link to chronic illness or autism, peer-reviewed studies have shown correlation.
At the very least, we deserve real studies to finally answer what we’ve been injecting our kids with.
But the bigger question is:
With safe alternatives available, why did the CDC keep thimerosal in flu shots for 20+ years?
It’s hard not to be suspicious.
No one seems able to explain why it stayed in flu shots this long—even though mercury’s been considered a neurotoxin for decades.
It was removed from childhood vaccines around 2000.
And while there’s no confirmed link to chronic illness or autism, peer-reviewed studies have shown correlation.
At the very least, we deserve real studies to finally answer what we’ve been injecting our kids with.
But the bigger question is:
With safe alternatives available, why did the CDC keep thimerosal in flu shots for 20+ years?
It’s hard not to be suspicious.
RFK Jr. has been fighting this battle for decades.
People forget—this used to be a cause Democrats cared about. Even Robert De Niro stood with him.
He once offered $100,000 to anyone who could show a study proving thimerosal was safe for pregnant women and children at the levels used in flu shots.
No one ever claimed it, because it didn’t exist.
People forget—this used to be a cause Democrats cared about. Even Robert De Niro stood with him.
He once offered $100,000 to anyone who could show a study proving thimerosal was safe for pregnant women and children at the levels used in flu shots.
No one ever claimed it, because it didn’t exist.
If you don’t believe RFK Jr. on this, that’s fine—but he’s not the only one who raised concerns.
In 2001, FDA vaccine chief William Egan was publicly embarrassed when he admitted there was no study proving thimerosal was safe—aside from one discredited report based on flawed data.
In 2001, FDA vaccine chief William Egan was publicly embarrassed when he admitted there was no study proving thimerosal was safe—aside from one discredited report based on flawed data.
This is an opinion post—if you don’t want my opinion, feel free to skip.
The media will call this “antivax,” because anything RFK Jr. does on vaccines—even with science behind it—gets that label.
But where were those same outlets last week, when vaccine-injured families testified in Congress?
One mother shared how her healthy son got a flu shot—and died shortly after.
No major outlet covered it.
Not a single one.
Instead, they label moms like her liars.
They say “correlation doesn’t equal causation,” even when the evidence is undeniable.
People ask if I’m antivax.
I’m not, but I will always be on the side of mothers.
Can anyone hear that mother’s story and say—with a straight face—that the flu shot had nothing to do with her son’s death?
There are thousands of stories like hers.
If this were a fair system—with open debate and no liability shield—I’d be willing to talk about risk vs reward.
But that’s not happening.
We’re silencing grieving parents and calling them kooks.
History will not be kind to those who ignored them.
And anyone still doing so is complicit.
Ignorance is not bliss—especially when it costs children their lives.
The media will call this “antivax,” because anything RFK Jr. does on vaccines—even with science behind it—gets that label.
But where were those same outlets last week, when vaccine-injured families testified in Congress?
One mother shared how her healthy son got a flu shot—and died shortly after.
No major outlet covered it.
Not a single one.
Instead, they label moms like her liars.
They say “correlation doesn’t equal causation,” even when the evidence is undeniable.
People ask if I’m antivax.
I’m not, but I will always be on the side of mothers.
Can anyone hear that mother’s story and say—with a straight face—that the flu shot had nothing to do with her son’s death?
There are thousands of stories like hers.
If this were a fair system—with open debate and no liability shield—I’d be willing to talk about risk vs reward.
But that’s not happening.
We’re silencing grieving parents and calling them kooks.
History will not be kind to those who ignored them.
And anyone still doing so is complicit.
Ignorance is not bliss—especially when it costs children their lives.
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