Re: access for vaccines

On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:49:19 -0600, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

But, are we eliminating vaccines?

RFK Jr. wins his fight against a rare, safe flu-shot ingredient


Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove
an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a longtime, controversial goal
of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are
becoming official government guidance.

The vote to no longer recommend influenza vaccines that contain the
preservative thimerosal, based on the presentation of a single vaccine
critic, is likely to have limited impact because the vast majority of
flu shots are thimerosal-free. But it would probably make the shots
more expensive and harder to receive in parts of the country, public
health experts said, and showed the panel's willingness to disregard
scientific evidence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/26/rfk-jr-acip-thimerosal-flu/