It is 100% implausible that Casey Means was not familiar with flu vaccine effectiveness data. Her non-answer should terrify you.

100% agree.

Here's the thing about "shared clinical decision making"--MAHA's rebrand of informed consent. Most patients/parents do not know what that means. It is not empowering them in their decision-making; it's actually causing more confusion. And we have some data on this.

Casey Means doesn't remember that in September 2024, she did in fact say, that the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth "is a crime"--screenshot below:

When asked if the flu vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalization and death, Casey Means brings up....INFORMED CONSENT. It's a yes or no question. And the evidence-based answer is YES. This alone should be disqualifying!

Casey Means once again failed to answer yes or no questions about the ethical issue of withholding a safe and effective vaccine from an INFANT population in a clinical trial. No IRB would ever approve this, because it is unethical. Casey doesn't seem to understand this.

Worth the read during the break: www.salon.com/2026/01/07/t...

How unbelievably disrespectful to all providers, especially OBGYNs, to suggest they don't have thorough conversations about the risks of all medications, particularly birth control. What data is can she cite to say that "most of those conversations" don't have informed consent" ????

How many times is Casey Means going to answer questions with "root causes" and "whole foods"--even when it's off topic? The limit does not exist.

Casey Means cannot answer the question of 'do vaccines cause autism'--instead she's offering word salads about cummulative exposures, science is not settled and the autism epidemic (autism is not disease).

Come on Sen Cassidy--do the right thing today!

Quick reminder that it’s NOT too late to get your flu shot. Influenza B cases are rising—which is typical around this time of respiratory virus season. Cases will likely continue to climb for a few more weeks.

Very inspiring day spent at the PERL launch. Canada's first Pandemic Readiness lab in a university, but hopefully not the last! montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

So looking forward to this!

100000% agree

Confused about why the US decided to make Denmark first about the childhood vaccine schedule? What is "shared clinical decision-making"? Why is a random sports medicine doc in charge of this? Me, @jessicamalaty.bsky.social, & @saskiapopescu.bsky.social get into it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnV...

Yesterday, the CDC altered its childhood vaccine schedule recommendations. @jessicamalaty.bsky.social explained the changes and her concerns about how they'll affect public health. www.wnyc.org/story/change...

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Did you know that Denmark began recommending RSV vaccines for pregnant women in late 2025 and is now considering the monoclonal antibody shot for infants?

I really enjoyed this conversation between @angierasmussen.bsky.social, @jessicamalaty.bsky.social, and @saskiapopescu.bsky.social. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

Children in the US do NOT get 72 injections. MAHA loves to use this fictitious number by calculating every dose (from combo vaccines like MMR and DTaP) as separate injections. That’s not how this works.

I’ve been rage posting on Instagram all day. Looking forward to a verbal vent with these two brilliant scientists. 🖤

Dr. Kristian Andersen, Jessica Malaty Rivera (@jessicamalaty.bsky.social), Dr. Anita Patel, Dr. Vincent Racaniello (@microbetv.bsky.social), Dr. Gavin Yamey, Prof. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss (@doritreiss.bsky.social), and Elizabeth Booker Houston (2/2)

The Save America Movement’s Science & Health Committee, led by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, unites experts from Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale & more to expose how Trump’s plan to rewrite the childhood vaccine schedule endangers families and public health. Watch here: www.youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy...

Hear from leading scientists and physicians, including Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angierasmussen.bsky.social), Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Gigi Gronvall (@ggronvall.bsky.social), Dr. Jeremy Faust, Dr. Taylor Nichols (@tnicholsmd.com), Dr. Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) ... (1/2)

Submitting a report on VAERS might be one of the easiest things to do/easiest ways to spread false claims. Siri is lying. Again.

Of course they visualize the schedule like this because it elicits a strong emotional reaction—especially among new parents. Let’s add some critical context to this image…

Meissner and Hibbeln are right. This vote will cause harm. ACIP has become an embarrassment.

ACIP's discussion about "informed consent" today is dishonest. The HepB birth dose is not mandatory; it is recommended. Parents & caregivers have always had the right to refuse or delay. This edit is intended to confuse people about public health mandates and make MAHA out to be a freedom hero.

When we say "vaccines are a victim of their own success," this is exactly what we mean: ACIP is trying to justify altering the very vaccine recommendation that is the reason why we're not seeing much disease [Hep B]. The HBV vaccine is *that* successful, and safe, and effective.

Did you know? 190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine 115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️ iris.who.int/server/api/c...

Have absolutely loved watching @gparentsvaccines.bsky.social grow and grow and grow! www.forbes.com/sites/christ...

Secretary Kennedy presents a clear and present danger to the American people and their families. This week, even more of our colleagues in the fields of medicine, public health and patient advocacy join us in calling for his resignation. Our full statement: https://bit.ly/42zItEV

Has everyone forgotten the endpoints of the original COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials? They were designed to prevent hospitalizations & deaths. Transmission reduction was observed, but total transmission prevention was never promised. This is a bad-faith argument against vaccine effectiveness.

We're back to 2020 explanations of basic biochemistry about how mRNA cannot change your DNA. 🫠

Meissner pushing the dying "with COVID" vs "from COVID" and arguing with an actual epidemiologist about disease burden and cumulative rates is shameful. He just said it's "not that high" with regard to pediatric severe outcomes. Unbelievable ignorance about population health & basic statistics.

It bugs me when people say that RFK Jr. and the members of ACIP aren’t “serious people”. They are DEADLY serious about taking vaccines away from the people of the United States, and they have the power to do so.

EtR (evidence to Recommendations) is gone. We're now forming vaccine policy based on vibes and public opinion. Mallone admits they are making a decision not based on a safety signal...but on trust? There is no reason to defer the Hep B birth dose except to advance the anti-vaccine agenda.

I *hate* the use of the phrase "true [saline] placebo." It is usually in combination with claims that comparing against saline is the only real/ethical way to measure safety & efficacy. It isn't. That phrase has captivated an entire population of parents who genuinely want to make informed choices

Martin Kulldorff, whom RFK Jr. chose to lead ACIP in order to push through his anti-vaccine agenda, has demanded a debate with former CDC scientists. Kulldorff begins his demand with a lie: “The fact is that we are honest vaccine scientists…” Most of them are not “vaccine scientists” at all.

The opposite is true. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social will become even more valuable while this hijacked ACIP becomes irrelevant.

Did Kulldorff really claim he was the most pro-vaccine scientist in the country? This revisionist history rant is absolutely deranged.

Learning from my favorite expert on infodemiology & public health @jessicamalaty.bsky.social at the #19VaccineCongress - discussing risk and creating healthier information ecosystems

There it is...the first hint of his autism findings due later this month. He is once again connecting the MMR vaccine with the onset of autism in children. #FireRFK

Cortez Masto is absolutely right! He DID unilaterally make the decision to restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines. It was not evidence-based, and his move to fire the CDC Director last week was the last step he needed to ensure his plan was not derailed. #FireRFK

Absolutely brain-breaking to hear RFK Jr. claim he doesn't know how many lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines because of wait for it...."data chaos." #FireRFK

BENNET: Are you aware that one of the people you put on the panel -- Dr Robert Malone -- claimed that the commonly used mRNA vaccine causes 'a form of AIDS'? Yes or no RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the invento-- BENNET: Yes or no! RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the inventors of the mRNA vaccine

After RFK Jr. says he doesn’t know how many people died from Covid and doesn’t know how many lives were saved from the Covid vaccine because the CDC data was too bad, Sen. Mark Warner: “How can you be that ignorant?”

FIRE RFKJr Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/demand-rfk... CC: @jessicamalaty.bsky.social

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...