Thimerosal Carries No Health Risks and Is Almost Never Used Anyway. So Why Are Anti-Vaxxers Obsessed with It?

Thimerosal carries no health risks and is almost never used anyway. So why are anti-vaxxers obsessed with it?

There's no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. It was removed from almost all vaccines more than 20 years ago out of an abundance of caution, but RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee is looking into it.

CDC recommends thimerosal-free flu vaccines; you might have thought its use ended decades ago

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices recently voted to recommend that single-dose, thimerosal-free flu vaccines become the standard for all age groups.  The key phrase is “thimerosal-free.” Despite thimerosal being phased […] The post CDC recommends thimerosal-free flu vaccines; you might have thought its use ended decades ago first appeared on The Expose.

‘A bunch of cranks’: RFK Jr. stacks CDC Vaccine Advisory panel with anti-vaxxers and conspiracists

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted the existing CDC Vaccine Advisory panel, replacing existing experts with anti-vaxxers and conspiracists. MSNBC Public Health Analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener says “the actions that they are doing under his direction are undermining, not only essential vaccine information for Americans, but they’re pulling the legs out of the vaccine programs globally.” Pulitzer-Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garre…

Abcarian: RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health

When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true. The man in charge of the nation’s health and well being is impervious to science, expertise and knowledge. His brand of arrogance is not just dangerous, it is lethal. Undermining trust in vaccines, he will have the blood of children around the world on his hands. Scratch that. He already does, as he presides over the second largest measles outbr…

Column: RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health

Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about vaccines and health.

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong - Wausau Pilot & Review

Public health experts worry that factually inaccurate statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threaten the public’s confidence in vaccines. Andrew HarnikGetty