Posted on 11/18/2024 5:22:08 PM PST by DoodleBob
…Kennedy has said he is not against all vaccines…He has said he would not ban vaccines if confirmed, previously telling MSNBC that "if vaccines are working for somebody, I'm not going to take them away."
"People ought to have choice and ought to be informed by the best information, so I'm going to make sure that scientific safety studies and efficacies are out there and people can make individual assessments about whether that product is going to be good for them," Kennedy said.
The problem with that line of thinking, according to public health officials who spoke to Newsweek, is that it does not take into account that for vaccines to be effective at scale, a significant portion of a population has to be immunized in order for that population to develop "herd immunity" from a disease.
Herd immunity is also what keeps those who cannot be vaccinated, such as people with certain medical conditions, safe from infection. When many people choose not to vaccinate against a certain virus or disease, this communal protection weakens, increasing the risk of outbreaks.
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States' abilities to handle vaccines in their own way will be one way public health officials may be able to curb a rise in vaccine misinformation, Dr. Jennifer Kates, senior vice president and director of the Global Health & HIV Policy Program at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Newsweek.
"States determine and can keep school requirements, can educate the public and encourage vaccination. But of course if the national discourse were promoting a choice message which translated into more hesitancy this would be hard to fully counter," she said.
Kates said that states moving away from these requirements could "seriously affect population health," emphasizing that there is a "balance between choice and population health, based on science and evidence."
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Why are 18-year-olds and younger getting covid vaccinations?
I work with a guy who is currently very sick. Which is really surprising to him. He just got the vaccine for the flu and for COVID. Both on the same day, just a week or two ago. He should be really protected, right? So very odd that he is now sick as a dog. He can’t understand it.
“He just got the vaccine for the flu and for COVID. Both on the same day”
Duh. Double duh.
I never voted for any “public health officials” but I would gladly kick the bucket out from under them, after a fair trial of course.
I don’t agree with him on this.
If you tell parents they don’t have to get their child a polio shot this could have significant ramifications for the child and for others (if it is still around anywhere)
Would smallpox be gone if there hadnt been mandatory vaccines?
Smallpox killed hundreds of millions.
When one follows up on some of these issues, and drills down past the press releases, one can find some really despicable corruption of the medical and public health establishment, sometimes promotion of major misinformation which has in some cases stood for years. I think he was mistaken about the vaccine-autism connection, (as were many “experts”) and I don’t know rfk’s other positions in detail, but I’ve seen enough to see that he is not the nutcase the media want him to be.
“Experts”
“Herd immunity” was the excuse the Biden “Administration” used for the oft-times-mandatory COVID vaccines. It’s sad so many didn’t realize they meant “herd,” as in sheep.
>> according to public health officials who spoke to Newsweek
Public health officials have squandered their credibility.
Well…
The CDC schedule is a recommendation.
However…
States and school districts adopt this schedule and require compliance in order for Johnny and Mary to attend - you got it - public school. Per CDC:
“State laws establish vaccination requirements for school children. These laws often apply not only to children attending public schools but also to those attending private schools and day care facilities. States may also require immunization of healthcare workers and of patients/residents of healthcare facilities.”
Public health officials groan as their teat is caught in the ringer of truth.
I’m going to make sure that scientific safety studies and efficacies are out there and people can make individual assessments about whether that product is going to be good for them,” Kennedy said.
Most people think that those safety protocols are already out there. They mostly aren’t.
“polio...(if it is still around anywhere)”
There was a case in Gaza, from where our Great Helmsman wanted to get future Democrats.
If you want to know how awful the COVID shots are & the damage they are doing not only to individuals, but the military & our national security, & the fraud, treasonous & criminal acts by Pfizer & the government, this interview with Kevin McKernan is excellent:
Shots in the Dark: Kevin McKernan on DarkHorse
https://rumble.com/v5kmokd-shots-in-the-dark-kevin-mckernan-on-darkhorse.html
What these “experts” don’t seem to realize is that the fiasco called Covid Vaccine has led to widespread skepticism among vaccines in general, including some that are quite probably good for us. Requiring everyone to receive that vaccine or suffer some kind of punishment, and forcing it on children who were not at risk were truly stupid policies. They have brought this distrust upon themselves.
Smallpox vaccination was compulsory in only 10 states.
I didn't see them groaning when the Biden administration let in millions of illegal aliens with unknown vaccination status (most likely unvaccinated). They lost what little, if any, credibility they had as a "Public Health Official" by not speaking up and showing this is all about control and not public health.
RFK Jr. is pro-choice on vaxxes and the left calls him an “anti-vaxxer” for that position.
With much pejorative laden in the calling.
Isn’t it ironic?
Abortion health care decisions should be personal we are told.
Shouldn’t Vaccines go the same way?
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