Covid_19 > RFK Jr. ousts every member of CDC vaccine advisory committee

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sensationally ousted every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Biden-appointed group that made recommendations on the necessity and use of vaccines, in the first of a series of sweeping changes.

The decision to remove all 17 members of the scientific committee, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and replace them with his own picks, was described as “a clean sweep” by President Trump’s health secretary in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published Monday.

“Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028,” RFK Jr. wrote.

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RFK Jr. speaks alongside Dr. Martin Makary (left) and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.

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A man holds up a sign depicting RFK Jr. during a protest hosted by Stand Up for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 2025.

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“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science.”

Kennedy Jr., one of the leading anti-vaccine activists in the US, did not say whom he would appoint to the panel, but said the committee would meet in Atlanta in two weeks.

All of the current committee members were brought in under the Biden administration, while 13 of them were brought on only last year.

It will take until 2028 for most of the members to be replaced if they serve their full terms, Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services said.

One just-dismissed ACIP member claimed they did not receive a termination notice until after the publication of RFK Jr.’s WSJ op-ed — and slammed the move as “damaging.”

“I’ve never seen anything this damaging to public health happen in my lifetime. I’m shocked. It’s pretty brazen. This will fundamentally destabilize vaccination in America,” the unnamed member told CNN.

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COVID vaccines at the Borinquen Health Care Center on May 29, 2025, in Miami, Florida.

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The HHS cited an executive order from President Trump calling for changes in the role the federal government plays in science and health.

Still, the move has been ripped by a number of major physicians and public health groups.

Kennedy Jr., whose controversial appointment was confirmed in February, was accused of “fixing a problem that doesn’t exist,” by Dr. Paul A. Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, speaking to USA TODAY.

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Trump with RFK Jr. on May 22, 2025. RFK Jr. ousted every member of the ACIP team.

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“Now he’s just going to pick people he likes. Presumably, people who are like-minded, and I think that will shake confidence in this committee,” he said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer accused Kennedy and the Trump administration of “taking a wrecking ball to the programs that keep Americans safe and healthy,” speaking to USA TODAY.

“Worse, it sends a chilling message: that ideology matters more than evidence, and politics more than public health,” he added.

That's a crock! Biden and the CDC abused science mercilessly in supporting mRNA vaccines and condemning Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. It cost millions of American lives but made a bunch of money for big pharma and the governments that supported them.

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Bits and Bites from Around the World > Insanely stupid recall of 80,000 pounds of Costco butter

 

Costco forced to recall 80,000 pounds of butter

for the dumbest possible reason

By 

Isabel Keane

Published Nov. 11, 2024, 9:50 a.m. ET 

It’s butter stupidity!

Costco was forced to recall nearly 80,000 pounds of butter because the label failed to mention that the kitchen staple contains milk — and many social media users are rolling their eyes at the dairy dilemma.

The FDA sent out an initial recall for 79,200 pounds of Kirkland Signature butter due to the undeclared allergen in October. Packages for both the salted and unsalted Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter list cream as an ingredient, but do not include an allergy warning that the butter “Contains Milk.”

The bizarre recall has left many internet users scratching their heads. The most common comment: “It’s butter.”

Costco was forced to recall 80,000 pounds of butter.

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“80,000 pounds of Costco butter was just recalled, because the label doesn’t say that it contains milk. It’s butter. News articles are telling people how they can return, or safely dispose of, the butter. It’s butter,” one person deadpanned.

One social media user joked, “Can y’all please safely dispose of it at my house? I have a lot of holiday baking to do.”

“Next they’ll recall beef that might contain cow,” another chimed in.

Another person quipped: “If you need to government to tell you that butter is a dairy product then…well, I can’t help you  God I loathe the state.”

“To be called ‘Butter’ it must contain milk or milk derivatives. Talk about useless government,” another unamused X user piled on.

While butter, which is made by churning milk, is low in lactose, people who are allergic to milk are likely to have a bad reaction to it. The CDC notes in the recall that milk is one of the main foods that “account for most serious allergic reactions in the United States.” 

Peeved social media users slammed the so-called problem and called out Costco for the waste. 

“Rather than waste 80,000 pounds of butter why don’t they print stickers that say “Contains Milk” and save perfectly good food? So wasteful,” one person said.

The FDA did not say if there has been any illnesses or adverse reactions from the product. 

Just think about how many cows and how many cow farts it will take to replace all that butter. The FDA should be sued by the Climate Hysteria media.

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Big Pharma > Utah woman disabled after Astra-Zeneca vax trial sues; New-Onset Psychosis from Covid Vaccine

 

As I wrote last week, I believed AZ pulled their product from distribution because of law suits, not because of an oversupply. They can't even be honest about that.

More than 50 people have already filed a class-action lawsuit against the drug manufacturer in the UK, alleging they were left with ailments from the vaccine.

Utah mom sues AstraZeneca, claiming she was left

‘permanently disabled’ in COVID vaccine trial

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Social Links forEmily Crane

Published May 14, 2024, 7:36 a.m. ETA Utah mother who says she was “permanently disabled” after taking part in the US clinical trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is suing the drug manufacturer because it failed to cough up enough cash to cover her medical expenses.

Brianne Dressen, 42, was “the picture of good health” when she started the British-made vaccine’s clinical trial in 2020 — but ended up developing a severe neurological condition, the lawsuit filed Monday alleges.

“I walked into the clinic fine, and walked out the beginning of a nightmare I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” Dressen said, per the court papers.

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Dressen said she “walked into the clinic fine, and walked out the beginning of a nightmare.”  Video 0.56Brianne Dressen / District of Utah

The former teacher developed side effects just hours after being injected with the vaccine, including arm tingles, blurred vision, a headache, ringing ears and vomiting, according to the court filing.Some of the symptoms worsened and spread to her legs before she discovered she had developed paresthesia — a neurological condition in which nerves are irritated, the suit charges.

After being hospitalized a handful of times, Dressen said, she was diagnosed with “post-vaccine neuropathy” by National Institutes of Health neurologists in 2021.

The mom of two has accused AstraZeneca of breaching its contract by failing to provide adequate compensation to cover the costs of the medical bills associated with her side effects, which she says have “skyrocketed” in the years since taking the vaccine.

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The mom of two has accused AstraZeneca of breaching its contract by failing to provide adequate compensation to cover the costs of the medical bills associated with her side effects.Brianne Dressen / Facebook

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Brianne Dressen, a 42-year-old mom of two, is suing AstraZeneca after she allegedly became “permanently disabled” after taking its COVID-19 vaccine.Brianne Dressen / District of Utah

She claims she had signed a consent form with the manufacturer at the beginning of the trial that said AstraZeneca would “pay the costs of medical treatment for research injuries, provided that the costs are reasonable, and you did not cause the injury yourself,” the suit says.

Dressen, however, said AstraZeneca only offered her a one-time payment of $1,243.30.

That is a “minuscule fraction of the medical bills and lost wages, among other financial costs, that Bri had incurred and will continue to incur,” the suit says.

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After being hospitalized a handful of times, Dressen said, she was diagnosed with “post-vaccine neuropathy” by National Institutes of Health neurologists in 2021.Brianne Dressen / District of Utah

While some of her symptoms have improved, Dressen alleges she is “still disabled” and has become a shadow of herself, is unable to work or parent the way she once did.

“I did everything they asked of me. I honored my obligations to them. They have not honored any,” Dressen said.

“When they needed me, I was there, I cooperated. When I needed them, they were nowhere to be found.”

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The AstraZeneca vaccine, which never ended up being approved for use in the US, is credited with saving as many as 6 million lives globally during the pandemic, according to the University of Oxford.AP

More than 50 people have already filed a class-action lawsuit against the drug manufacturer in the UK, alleging they were left with ailments from the vaccine.

An AstraZeneca spokesperson declined to comment on Dressen’s pending litigation.

“From the body of evidence in clinical trials and real-world data, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has continuously been shown to have an acceptable safety profile and regulators around the world consistently state that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects,” a spokesperson told Bloomberg Law in a statement.

The AstraZeneca vaccine, which never ended up being approved for use in the US, is credited with saving as many as 6 million lives globally during the pandemic, according to the University of Oxford, which partnered with the company to develop the jab.

Oxford was a partner with AZ, so their statistics have to be taken with a huge grain of salt. 

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Systematic Review Reveals Many COVID-19 Vaccine

Recipients Experienced New-Onset Psychosis

Only half of the patients analyzed in the review fully recovered, with the remaining half suffering from ‘residual symptoms.’

By Naveen Athrappully

5/4/2024

Updated:

5/9/2024

Individuals who took COVID-19 vaccines were found to have later suffered from psychosis, with Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots linked to most of the cases.

The peer-reviewed systemic review, published in the Frontiers in Psychiatry journal on April 12, examined cases of new-onset psychosis among people who took the vaccines. Psychosis refers to symptoms that occur when an individual has difficulty differentiating between reality and fantasy, with hallucinations and delusions being two key types. The review looked at 21 articles describing 24 cases of psychosis symptoms following vaccination. The researchers concluded that “data suggest a potential link between young age, mRNA, and viral vector vaccines with new-onset psychosis within 7 days post-vaccination.”

“Collecting data on vaccine-related psychiatric effects is crucial for prevention, and an algorithm for monitoring and treating mental health reactions post-vaccination is necessary for comprehensive management.”

Out of the 24 cases, 13 were female. The median age of participants was 36 years. Twenty-two patients (91.2 percent) had no specific history of somatic illness and comorbidities.

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In 33.3 percent of the cases, administration of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine “potentially induced adverse psychiatric events,” the study said. The viral vector AstraZeneca vaccine was linked to psychotic symptoms in 25 percent of cases.

In 45.8 percent of incidences, psychotic symptoms were reported after the first shot and in fifty percent after the second dose.

“Almost all reviewed cases (95.8 percent) presented with psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations (visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile) and delusions (mostly persecutory and delusions of reference).”

The most common form of hallucination was auditory, experienced in 54.2 percent of the cases, while visual hallucinations were experienced by 12.5 percent of patients.

“Motor disturbances, such as increased or decreased motor activity and bizarre behavior, were mentioned in 83.3 percent of cases. In 3 (12.5 percent) cases, a suicidal attempt was described.”

The psychotic symptoms mostly lasted for a period of one and two months.

The patients were treated using various methods including antipsychotics and steroids, but only 12 out of the 24 made a full recovery. The remaining suffered from “residual symptoms such as decreased emotional expressions, low affect, or residual psychotic symptoms.”

In one case, the patient reported a positive COVID-19 test result. “Previous studies have shown that individuals with documented comorbidities and a history of COVID-19 infection exhibit a statistically significant increase in adverse events following vaccination,” the study noted.

Researchers speculated that inflammatory conditions following vaccination may be a reason behind the psychosis. The study found elevated C-reactive protein levels and mild to moderate leukocytosis—high white blood cell count—as the most common blood abnormalities. Both conditions have links with inflammation.

Another hypothesis suggested in the study was that post-vaccination psychosis could suggest a manifestation of autoimmune anti-NMDA encephalitis, a condition in which the immune system targets the brain neurons by mistake and causes inflammation.

Researchers noted that instances of anti-NMDA encephalitis have been repeatedly reported after vaccinations against infections like influenza, pertussis, yellow fever, and typhus.

“Considering the potential link between post-vaccination psychosis and autoimmune anti-NMDA encephalitis, it is advisable to consider immunological screening in individuals presenting psychiatric symptoms post-COVID-19 vaccination.”

A third possible reason suggested in the study is that the various speculations and uncertainties regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines could lead to people experiencing “significant stress,” which could end up triggering the development of psychiatric reactions.

The authors received financial support for the review, with the article-processing charge funded by Riga Stradins University, Latvia. Researchers declared no conflicts of interest in the study.

Post-Vax Psychosis Cases

Episodes of psychosis after taking COVID-19 shots have been detailed in several case studies. In one instance, a 15-year-old boy from Taiwan was sent to hospital two days after taking the second Pfizer shot. He was screaming and exhibiting agitation and uncontrollable limb stretching.

Other bizarre behaviors included sitting up and lying down frequently. The child was prescribed antipsychotics yet his behaviors continued to persist after being discharged for more than a month.

The doctors then put the boy under a steroid regimen, which is anti-inflammatory and helps calm down an overactive immune system. His symptoms then improved.

In another case from Brazil, a woman in her 30s, who was previously healthy, developed refractory psychosis within 24 hours of taking an mRNA COVID-19 shot. The woman had disorganized thoughts, was aggressive, and believed she was being persecuted at the hospital.

Even though she was treated with mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, her behavior showed improvements only after four months of hospitalization. However, her psychosis continued.

A May 2022 review described the case of an 18-year-old woman who developed psychotic symptoms on the same day she took the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.

“Symptoms started few hours after the vaccination with irrelevant talk. Over the next three days, it progressed to irritability, delusions of persecution and reference, and visual hallucinations.”

Another case study detailed the situation of a 45-year-old woman with no family history or personal history of mental disorders who ended up developing psychosis a month after she received a COVID vaccine. She quit her 18-year-old job abruptly and displayed erratic behaviors.

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