Great reporting by @whatsitlike.me on BA.3.2, a new SARS-CoV-2 variant now detected in 29 states. It has substantial mutations and WHO has it flagged, but no data showing increased severity. Worth watching, not catastrophizing. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

RFK Jr.’s anti-vax attorney buddy Aaron Siri had disgraced ACIP members Robert Malone and Retsef Levi on his podcast today and I took one for the team and listened. This is going to be a series of posts of things I found to be interesting for one reason or another.

@jakescottmd.bsky.social connects the dots perfectly in this must-read @cidrap.bsky.social op-ed. It's hard to focus on any single issue with this ongoing barrage of insanity and illegality, but what's happening at HHS/CDC needs to stay on everyone's short list of important issues.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: The report that proves the point—ACIP, COVID vaccines, and predetermined conclusion by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/40D9lmf

Why did rates of pneumococcal disease fall in older people in the early 2000s? “Nobody vaccinated those grandparents,” said @jakescottmd.bsky.social, a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University. Thanks to a vaccine, “the children around them stopped carrying it.”

Vaccines don't just protect the person who receives them. @helenbranswell.bsky.social does brilliant work breaking down the knock-on benefits we've quietly taken for granted and stand to lose. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/v...

A leaked government report on COVID vaccine safety reveals what happens when federal health policy is built around predetermined conclusions rather than evidence. My latest for @cidrap.bsky.social: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cid...

It doesn’t matter what Surgeon General nominee Casey Means says now. The fact that during her confirmation hearing she was unable to give a complete and unambiguous recommendation for the MMR vaccine is immediately and irrevocably disqualifying. Especially in the midst the U.S. measles outbreak.

Retsef Levi's research has been called misleading by experts. Israel's health ministry debunked his main paper and a top official said he "didn't seem to care" when confronted with his errors. Now he's leading ACIP's COVID vaccine review. @skirchy.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

SCOOP: A key federal vaccine panel has abandoned an attack on covid-19 mRNA vaccines — a shift that comes as some GOP warn that any more changes to vaccine policy could damage midterm prospects. Me + @rachelroubein.bsky.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Shared clinical decision-making was carefully designed for genuine uncertainty in vaccine policy. What's happened to the childhood vaccine schedule over the past year is something different. New piece: open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...

CIDRAP Op-Ed: The COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real but is now resolved. ACIP's March agenda pretends otherwise, from @jakescottmd.bsky.social. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cid...

PAHO scheduled an April review of whether the US should lose its measles elimination status for the first time since 2000. HHS asked to push it to November, to analyze more data. 🧐 1,100 cases in 8 weeks. November is an interesting choice.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

CIDRAP Op-Ed: The COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real but is now resolved. ACIP's March agenda pretends otherwise. via @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cid...

My latest @cidrap.bsky.social op-ed: The mRNA COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real. The system caught it. Since 2022, no updated formulation has triggered a significant myocarditis signal. ACIP's March agenda is premised on a risk its own data say has resolved www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cid...

CIDRAP Op-Ed: The COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real but is now resolved. ACIP's March agenda pretends otherwise. by Jake Scott, MD bit.ly/3NehbiY @cidrap.bsky.social @jakescottmd.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: In my latest @rollingstone.com investigation, new documents/20+ sources reveal a controversial vaccine study's unusual path to CDC approval, and irregularities in the only ethics review done, in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1 🧵👇

"Ethics committee president says his name was used on the approval without his knowledge" everything they do is a fraud. a sham.

Didn’t think this story could have gotten any worse. But I keep forgetting there is no floor when it comes to MAHA. Just a bottomless pit.

I didn’t think my jaw could drop any lower. I was wrong.

FINALLY, finally, the University of Southern Denmark says it will investigate the proposed RFK Jr-funded trial that its researchers want to conduct in Guinea Bissau—a deeply unethical trial that lacks equipoise and puts babies at risk Took them forever to get there

They committed outright fraud to get this study approved. My god.

I did not expect good faith in this effort at a second Tuskegee, but this exceeded even my expectations. This is the sort of thing I'm referring to when I use the term "policy-based evidence-making."

New from @katherineeban.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com: CDC appointees bypassed the agency’s scientists to rush-fund a study questioning the hep B birth dose. The ethics committee president says his name was used on the approval without his knowledge. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The FDA refused to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine. Two weeks later, it reversed itself. The reversal is welcome but the episode deserves scrutiny. I wrote about the comparator argument, regulatory timeline, and why the refusal should never have happened. www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

The HPV vaccine has prevented more cancer than any medical intervention in history after tobacco control. It's been studied in 70+ randomized trials. Now a reconstituted ACIP wants to reexamine whether it works. My new piece in @cidrap.bsky.social breaks it down. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

People who oppose #vaccines often claim that doctors push them because they're paid to by Pharma or that vaccine administration is a big revenue source for doctors. The reality: Delivering vaccine puts an economic strain on many pediatric practices. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/p...

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by federal immigration agents Saturday, worked as a nurse treating sick veterans, according to family, friends and colleagues – a reflection of his deep desire to help others, they said. https://cnn.it/4bcuwlz

The CDC reduced the number of vaccines recommended for all children. Parents will likely be able to get their kids vaccinated following the old schedule if they’d like to, but doctors worry the changes could reduce future vaccine access.

Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them part 2: vaccines don't cause autism, SIDS, etc', VAERS does not show causation, the flu shot will not cause influenza, and mRNA vaccines do not cause cancer, explains @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

"...shared clinical decision-making is usually reserved for complicated medical calls ...These vaccines, ...have clear evidence of benefit for all children," explains @jakescottmd.bsky.social to @robsteinnews.bsky.social on @npr.org. www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...

Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them: with @cidrap.bsky.social's help, @jakescottmd.bsky.social takes on myths about vaccines testing, vaccinated v. unvaccinated kids, vaccine ingredients, and the number of vaccines on the schedule. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2 by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social bit.ly/4pJnt7w

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social bit.ly/3LJtDX8

New from @cidrap.bsky.social: Part 2 of my series on persistent vaccine myths. This one covers vaccines and autism, VAERS misuse, "the flu shot gave me the flu," and mRNA/turbo cancer claims. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2 by @jakescottMD Today's myths include "Vaccines cause autism," "VAERS proves vaccines kill people," "Natural immunity is better," and "mRNA vaccines cause turbo cancers." www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

The Guinea-Bissau hep B trial is the clearest example yet of policy-based evidence-making. Design a study that can’t detect benefit (42-day mortality for a disease that kills at 40), skip maternal screening in a 19% prevalence setting, then declare “no effect found”Great work @lizszabo.bsky.social

I wrote a two-part series for @cidrap.bsky.social examining the most persistent vaccine myths and what the evidence actually shows. Part 1 is up now: www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 @jakescottMD Today's myths: "Vaccines were never properly tested," "Vaccinated and unvaccinated kids haven’t been compared," "The ingredients are toxic," and "Too many, too soon." www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is not a list doctors randomly decided on. It evolved over decades in response to deadly outbreaks, hard lessons and rigorous research. Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way. buff.ly/Y6H0LZj #VaccinesWork 🩺🧪

Excellent piece from @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com on what the science actually shows about flu vaccines. Honored to contribute alongside colleagues doing critical work on this topic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/h...

When political appointees rewrote U.S. vaccination policy, they removed meningococcal vaccine from the list of those recommended for all kids. It protects against a rare but devastating illness with a high fatality rate. @jakescottmd.bsky.social's take is worth the read. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Jake Scott, MD: The Meningococcal Vaccine Just Got Downgraded. Here's What That Means. bit.ly/4suniQd by @jakescottmd.bsky.social

Did slashing multiple vaccines from the childhood vaccine schedule bring the US in line with other countries? In a word, no. The US now recommends all kids be protected against fewer diseases than South Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan & many more. www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...

Great explainer by @thisisaimeec.bsky.social in @sciencenews.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...

"On Monday, the Trump administration carried out the most significant weakening of federal vaccine guidance in modern public health history" @doritreiss.bsky.social and I were interviewed here - #MedSky + #PedSky. And @jakescottmd.bsky.social is quoted. thedispatch.com/article/rfk-...

Zero surprise. RFK Jr et al = hypocrisy machine. Promise: transparency, good science, & NO conflicts. Reality: LESS transparency, NO science, & MORE conflicts. Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n... @statnews

Quiet dismantling: How ‘shared decision-making’ harms kids: it is valid when there is a genuine question re benefits v. risks, and individual factors matter. Here, it's used when benefits outweigh risks, to cast doubt. @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Trump told health officials to align the U.S. vaccination schedule with "peer" countries. They did the opposite. Other high-income countries are “moving towards more protection,” and we were the leaders, @jakescottmd.bsky.social told me. Now we're lagging behind. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...