Summary
Aaron Siri, lawyer for RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptic organizations, has petitioned the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine and pause 13 others, citing concerns about aluminum and autism.
Siri has a history of challenging vaccine mandates and filing lawsuits to force disclosure of FDA vaccine approval documents.
Public health experts warn his efforts fuel vaccine hesitancy amid declining vaccination rates and rising diseases like measles.
With Kennedy set to oversee the FDA as health secretary, vaccine policy may face intensified scrutiny under their shared “medical freedom” agenda.
I know someone who didn’t receive any vaccinations. They have chronic severe asthma due to pertussis (whooping cough) and also deafness and cognitive impairment due to meningitis. Their parents refused to allow them to be vaccinated for anything because they believed the repeatedly debunked myth that vaccines cause autism.
These myths stem from scientific ignorance, willful or otherwise. There’s more aluminium in a potato or cereal than in a vaccine, but if you don’t understand certain things/are unwilling to learn, it’s very easy to get misled or arrive at the wrong conclusions.