Thread by @IntegralAnswers

Did RFK Jr. try to get a major vaccine safety study withdrawn?

Yes—he publicly demanded the Annals of Internal Medicine retract Denmark’s landmark aluminum-in-vaccines study.
Here’s what happened 🧵

2/ 📄 The study (July 2025) analyzed 1.2M Danish children over 24 years.

✅ Found no link between aluminum-containing vaccines and autoimmune, allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders.

Source: Ann Intern Med, funded by Danish government. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40658954/

3/ On Aug 1, 2025, RFK Jr. wrote an op-ed calling the study “a deceitful propaganda stunt” and urged the journal to retract it.

He claimed flaws like no control group and withheld data.

Source: TrialSite News. trialsitenews.com/a/flawed-scien…

4A/ The journal’s editor-in-chief, Dr. Christine Laine, flatly refused:

“I see no reason for retraction.”
Lead author Anders Peter Hviid also defended the work, explaining limitations were due to Denmark’s near-universal vaccination rates and legal restrictions.

4B/ Source: reuters.com/business/healt…

5/ Independent experts praised the study as the most comprehensive of its kind.

RFK Jr.’s demand? Public & loud—but the journal stood firm.

The paper remains published, and the evidence stands.

6/ Summary:
• RFK Jr. did call for the study to be withdrawn.
• The journal rejected the demand.
• Science won this round.