🚨BREAKING: Washington Post reporting Susan Monarez OUT as CDC Director.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-director-ousted-weeks-into-job-2025-08-27/
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US CDC director ousted weeks into job
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has left the agency less than a month after being sworn in, a Trump administration official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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TOMORROW on The HighWire!
Special Guest: Dr. @RobertWMalone
And Jefferey Jaxen Reports:
-Commonly used insecticide linked to neurological damage in children seeking liability protection
-New information on safety of EMF exposure and how HHS is responding
-Reaction from RFK on ICAN’s fight for religious exemptions in West Virginia
📅 August 28th, 2025
⏰ Thursday, 11AM PT | 2PM ET
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Special Guest: Dr. @RobertWMalone
And Jefferey Jaxen Reports:
-Commonly used insecticide linked to neurological damage in children seeking liability protection
-New information on safety of EMF exposure and how HHS is responding
-Reaction from RFK on ICAN’s fight for religious exemptions in West Virginia
📅 August 28th, 2025
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🚨 Pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas says the AAP is “all in” on vaccine mandates - calling for no exemptions in any state.
@delbigtree warns it means no parental rights and a future where “government owns you.”
Pediatricians, will you walk away?
@delbigtree warns it means no parental rights and a future where “government owns you.”
Pediatricians, will you walk away?
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"I think with this Secretary, we are on a path to it being largely parental choice....that is a major step backwards for public health." -Dr. Richard E. Besser
A former CDC Director for the Obama Administration doesn't like parents being in charge of their children's health choices.
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A former CDC Director for the Obama Administration doesn't like parents being in charge of their children's health choices.
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At a landmark Senate hearing, Polly Tommey, a voice for thousands of grieving families, delivered a devastating testimony that shattered the narrative of vaccine safety. Her story is not an isolated incident, but a national crisis.
She walked in trusting the system. Her son, Billy, was a perfect, healthy baby who thrived, hitting every milestone. At 13 months, after a round of antibiotics, she was reassured the MMR vaccine was essential. Hours later, his world shattered. Billy was convulsing with seizures. Doctors dismissed it as "normal." But he was not fine. He is now 29 years old, severely sick with severe autism.
This moment led to the film Vaxxed and a cross-country bus tour, listening to the stories of America. What they found was a trail of death and destruction. Perfectly healthy children vaccinated, only to be found dead in their cribs shortly after. Parents pleading with pediatricians, only to have their worst fears realized.
This is the truth they witnessed:
▪️ Death: Over 12,000 signatures on buses from parents who lost children. The story of a premature baby who died after a doctor insisted on vaccination.
▪️ Paralysis: Children paralyzed from the waist down. A generation of children in wheelchairs, on ventilators, unable to walk or talk.
▪ Infertility: Teenagers from the HPV (Gardasil) vaccine whose ovaries are shutting down.
▪️ Life-Long Disability: Two-year-olds who cannot hold their heads up after a single Hep B vaccine.
They shout about measles, but the medical records—seen by Children’s Health Defense the two girls in Gaines County did not die of measles. Yet the press parrots the narrative.
This is a national emergency. These injured children will never date, never pay taxes, and require 24/7 care for life. The question for every Senator is: who will care for them when their parents are gone?
This must stop. We implore you:
➡️ End the disinformation.
➡️ Demand independent science, not Pfizer-sponsored studies.
➡️ Stop bonuses for pediatricians who vaccinate.
Thank you to Senator @RonJohnson for giving a voice to the broken. The world is finally listening.
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She walked in trusting the system. Her son, Billy, was a perfect, healthy baby who thrived, hitting every milestone. At 13 months, after a round of antibiotics, she was reassured the MMR vaccine was essential. Hours later, his world shattered. Billy was convulsing with seizures. Doctors dismissed it as "normal." But he was not fine. He is now 29 years old, severely sick with severe autism.
This moment led to the film Vaxxed and a cross-country bus tour, listening to the stories of America. What they found was a trail of death and destruction. Perfectly healthy children vaccinated, only to be found dead in their cribs shortly after. Parents pleading with pediatricians, only to have their worst fears realized.
This is the truth they witnessed:
▪️ Death: Over 12,000 signatures on buses from parents who lost children. The story of a premature baby who died after a doctor insisted on vaccination.
▪️ Paralysis: Children paralyzed from the waist down. A generation of children in wheelchairs, on ventilators, unable to walk or talk.
▪ Infertility: Teenagers from the HPV (Gardasil) vaccine whose ovaries are shutting down.
▪️ Life-Long Disability: Two-year-olds who cannot hold their heads up after a single Hep B vaccine.
They shout about measles, but the medical records—seen by Children’s Health Defense the two girls in Gaines County did not die of measles. Yet the press parrots the narrative.
This is a national emergency. These injured children will never date, never pay taxes, and require 24/7 care for life. The question for every Senator is: who will care for them when their parents are gone?
This must stop. We implore you:
➡️ End the disinformation.
➡️ Demand independent science, not Pfizer-sponsored studies.
➡️ Stop bonuses for pediatricians who vaccinate.
Thank you to Senator @RonJohnson for giving a voice to the broken. The world is finally listening.
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Dr. Robert Malone revealed the foundational shifts happening within America's public health leadership. He confirmed a new wave of appointments to pivotal committees, signaling a direct confrontation with a deeply embedded culture.
"The Secretary (RFK Jr.) is ready to not be so concerned about playing nice," Malone stated. "Just hold on to your chair and have a little bit of patience."
He emphasized the sheer scale of the challenge: "This is a big ship... We're taking on one of the biggest industries in the world."
But this movement has unprecedented support. With the full backing of both Secretary RFK Jr. and the President, the mission to dismantle the established system and realign it with the interests of the American people is fully underway.
The message is clear: The turn has begun. "Please give us a little bit of oxygen." Patience is required as they steer this vessel toward a new horizon.
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"The Secretary (RFK Jr.) is ready to not be so concerned about playing nice," Malone stated. "Just hold on to your chair and have a little bit of patience."
He emphasized the sheer scale of the challenge: "This is a big ship... We're taking on one of the biggest industries in the world."
But this movement has unprecedented support. With the full backing of both Secretary RFK Jr. and the President, the mission to dismantle the established system and realign it with the interests of the American people is fully underway.
The message is clear: The turn has begun. "Please give us a little bit of oxygen." Patience is required as they steer this vessel toward a new horizon.
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Aaron Siri dismantles the absurdity of our public health agencies' inaction on a fundamental question: Is the CDC's childhood vaccine schedule actually safe?
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) literally asked this question in a report paid for by HHS. Their conclusion? “We could not find one study that compared vaccinated to unvaccinated children.”
Let that sink in. The official conclusion was not that the schedule is safe, but that they could find no evidence to answer the question of its overall safety.
But here’s the kicker: the IOM report explicitly stated this crucial study could be done. They pointed to the CDC’s own Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a database with over 11 million health records that includes "thousands of completely unvaccinated kids."
That was in 2013.
So what did the CDC do? They spent a million dollars of taxpayer money—not on the study—but on a white paper to figure out how to do the study. A million dollars for a plan on a study design that any competent researcher could outline in an afternoon.
That white paper came out in 2015.
It has now been TEN YEARS since the IOM told them how to get the answer. A decade.
The most damning question: If they had conducted this simple study and it confirmed the schedule's safety, wouldn't they have published it immediately to silence all critics? The fact that it remains buried is perhaps the most telling result of all.
They have the money. They have the manpower. They have the data. They have had a decade.
What are they afraid of finding?
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) literally asked this question in a report paid for by HHS. Their conclusion? “We could not find one study that compared vaccinated to unvaccinated children.”
Let that sink in. The official conclusion was not that the schedule is safe, but that they could find no evidence to answer the question of its overall safety.
But here’s the kicker: the IOM report explicitly stated this crucial study could be done. They pointed to the CDC’s own Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a database with over 11 million health records that includes "thousands of completely unvaccinated kids."
That was in 2013.
So what did the CDC do? They spent a million dollars of taxpayer money—not on the study—but on a white paper to figure out how to do the study. A million dollars for a plan on a study design that any competent researcher could outline in an afternoon.
That white paper came out in 2015.
It has now been TEN YEARS since the IOM told them how to get the answer. A decade.
The most damning question: If they had conducted this simple study and it confirmed the schedule's safety, wouldn't they have published it immediately to silence all critics? The fact that it remains buried is perhaps the most telling result of all.
They have the money. They have the manpower. They have the data. They have had a decade.
What are they afraid of finding?
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The UK government has issued a stark directive to its citizens enduring water shortfalls: your personal digital nostalgia is a burden the planet can no longer afford.
Amid a drought, their official advice includes taking shorter showers and turning off taps. But the final point reveals a profound and disturbing priority: “Delete old emails and pictures,” it instructs, because “data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems.”
The narrative is now inescapable. The individual must relentlessly limit their life—conserve, sacrifice, and now, delete their memories—for the climate. Meanwhile, the insatiable engine of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence is granted a limitless pass. It is a sacred cow that must be fed, whatever the cost.
Picture the absurd, heart-breaking reality: a grandparent, sitting in the dark to save energy, meticulously deleting cherished photos of their grandchildren to free up a few kilobytes on a server farm they will never see. All to save a thimble of water for the very data centres that consume it by the millions of gallons.
There are 477 of these data centres in the UK alone. They are the true vessels of our water and energy, the new temples to which we must all make offerings. The message is clear: your life must be constrained so that their operations can expand infinitely.
We are not being asked to save the planet. We are being conditioned to serve the machine.
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Amid a drought, their official advice includes taking shorter showers and turning off taps. But the final point reveals a profound and disturbing priority: “Delete old emails and pictures,” it instructs, because “data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems.”
The narrative is now inescapable. The individual must relentlessly limit their life—conserve, sacrifice, and now, delete their memories—for the climate. Meanwhile, the insatiable engine of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence is granted a limitless pass. It is a sacred cow that must be fed, whatever the cost.
Picture the absurd, heart-breaking reality: a grandparent, sitting in the dark to save energy, meticulously deleting cherished photos of their grandchildren to free up a few kilobytes on a server farm they will never see. All to save a thimble of water for the very data centres that consume it by the millions of gallons.
There are 477 of these data centres in the UK alone. They are the true vessels of our water and energy, the new temples to which we must all make offerings. The message is clear: your life must be constrained so that their operations can expand infinitely.
We are not being asked to save the planet. We are being conditioned to serve the machine.
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@DonaldJTrump signaling, on Truth Social, that he wants to know the truth about Operation Warp Speed.
Referring to the drug companies, he stated, "They show me GREAT numbers and results, but they don't seem to be showing them to many others. I want them to show them NOW, to CDC and the public, and clear up this MESS, one way or the other!!!"
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Referring to the drug companies, he stated, "They show me GREAT numbers and results, but they don't seem to be showing them to many others. I want them to show them NOW, to CDC and the public, and clear up this MESS, one way or the other!!!"
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“The CDC has been a disaster."
"They’ve manipulated data, censored dissent, and used science as political propaganda. Public trust is at an all-time low—what we need now is strong leadership.” — Dr. Marty Makary on Fox News recently
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"They’ve manipulated data, censored dissent, and used science as political propaganda. Public trust is at an all-time low—what we need now is strong leadership.” — Dr. Marty Makary on Fox News recently
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The UK Government Just Lost Its War on Your Privacy. Here's How America Stopped It.
A chilling precedent was just set—and then defeated. The UK government, under its authoritarian Online Safety Act, made an unprecedented global power grab.
They demanded Apple create a "backdoor" to break into the encrypted data of ANY user, ANYWHERE in the world. iCloud photos, messages, notes—nothing would be safe. They wanted the keys to the kingdom.
Apple's response? They refused to compromise their users' security and instead REMOVED Advanced Data Protection entirely for UK citizens. They chose to deny a service rather than build a tool for tyranny.
This is how they always operate: they sell these draconian measures by targeting "pedophiles" and "criminals." But in reality, who do they arrest? People criticizing the government. People questioning protests. People sharing "wrong" memes. It was never about safety; it was about control.
But here's the update that proves the global stakes of this fight:
The UK has BACKED DOWN. Why?
Because of direct intervention from the United States. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, alongside the President and VP, engaged in high-level talks to protect AMERICAN citizens from this foreign overreach.
The result? The UK has DROPPED its mandate. For now, our private data remains private. Our constitutional rights were defended on the world stage.
This is a stark reminder:
➤ The fight for free speech and privacy is now global. Digital borders are meaningless to authoritarians.
➤ Your security was protected because a company (Apple) said NO and a government (the U.S.) had the will to stand up for its principles.
➤ The UK's Online Safety Act is still active, creating a digital dark age for British citizens. Platforms like Gab have already completely BLOCKED all UK users to protect them from government coercion and jail time for "hate speech."
The question every American must ask: Would this have happened under an administration that openly advocates for censoring "misinformation" and monitoring online speech? The UK's best hope, according to free speech advocates there, now lies with the Trump administration.
The beacon of freedom is still burning, but it is under constant attack. This victory is critical, but the war for the soul of the internet is far from over.
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A chilling precedent was just set—and then defeated. The UK government, under its authoritarian Online Safety Act, made an unprecedented global power grab.
They demanded Apple create a "backdoor" to break into the encrypted data of ANY user, ANYWHERE in the world. iCloud photos, messages, notes—nothing would be safe. They wanted the keys to the kingdom.
Apple's response? They refused to compromise their users' security and instead REMOVED Advanced Data Protection entirely for UK citizens. They chose to deny a service rather than build a tool for tyranny.
This is how they always operate: they sell these draconian measures by targeting "pedophiles" and "criminals." But in reality, who do they arrest? People criticizing the government. People questioning protests. People sharing "wrong" memes. It was never about safety; it was about control.
But here's the update that proves the global stakes of this fight:
The UK has BACKED DOWN. Why?
Because of direct intervention from the United States. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, alongside the President and VP, engaged in high-level talks to protect AMERICAN citizens from this foreign overreach.
The result? The UK has DROPPED its mandate. For now, our private data remains private. Our constitutional rights were defended on the world stage.
This is a stark reminder:
➤ The fight for free speech and privacy is now global. Digital borders are meaningless to authoritarians.
➤ Your security was protected because a company (Apple) said NO and a government (the U.S.) had the will to stand up for its principles.
➤ The UK's Online Safety Act is still active, creating a digital dark age for British citizens. Platforms like Gab have already completely BLOCKED all UK users to protect them from government coercion and jail time for "hate speech."
The question every American must ask: Would this have happened under an administration that openly advocates for censoring "misinformation" and monitoring online speech? The UK's best hope, according to free speech advocates there, now lies with the Trump administration.
The beacon of freedom is still burning, but it is under constant attack. This victory is critical, but the war for the soul of the internet is far from over.
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@RobertFKennedyJr. drops a bombshell in the Senate: 76.4% of Americans now suffer from chronic disease — up from just 3% in 1950.
Del Bigtree calls out pharma’s capture of CDC, FDA & the AAP. One of the most explosive hearings in U.S. history.
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Del Bigtree calls out pharma’s capture of CDC, FDA & the AAP. One of the most explosive hearings in U.S. history.
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🔥 Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra drops a bomb:
COVID shots caused more harm than good—linked to cancer & suppressed data from day one.
“Not a single person should have been injected.”
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COVID shots caused more harm than good—linked to cancer & suppressed data from day one.
“Not a single person should have been injected.”
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"Fear tactics don’t belong in health. The truth is simple: parents—not bureaucrats—should have the final say on vaccines for their children."
Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, spent nine powerful minutes educating Jake Tapper on informed consent, on CNN.
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Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, spent nine powerful minutes educating Jake Tapper on informed consent, on CNN.
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President Trump tells his own story of vaccine injury, from the podium in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
"I've seen it...where they go to the doctor and they get the vaccine. They get the shot. The kid is, uh, you know, badly hurt."
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"I've seen it...where they go to the doctor and they get the vaccine. They get the shot. The kid is, uh, you know, badly hurt."
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Del Bigtree Exposes New Attempt to Silence Vaccine Safety Investigation
Del Bigtree, host of The High Wire and producer of the controversial documentary VAXXED, is facing renewed censorship efforts—this time from the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS).
In a powerful new segment, Bigtree reveals that HFHS has sent a cease-and-desist letter, threatening defamation lawsuits over his new film, An Inconvenient Study. The film investigates an unpublished HFHS study that compared health outcomes in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children.
The health system claims the study was shelved due to "significant flaws in its data and methodology," not because of its results. Bigtree counters this, presenting a compelling case that the study's findings—which allegedly show increased rates of chronic disease, neurological disorders, and asthma in vaccinated children—are the true reason it was buried.
He argues that had the results been reversed, glorifying vaccines, the study would have been "rushed to print" as definitive proof of vaccine safety. Instead, it joins at least seven other similar vaxxed/unvaxxed studies that have been suppressed.
Bigtree connects this to a long-standing pattern: his work on VAXXED and his early COVID-19 reporting on lab origins, mask inefficacy, and lockdown harms were all met with fierce attacks and platform censorship. Yet, each time, the controversy only amplified his message, growing his audience from hundreds of thousands to millions worldwide.
Standing firm in his commitment to medical transparency, Bigtree premiered a new trailer for An Inconvenient Study, featuring never-before-seen hidden camera footage of his conversations with HFHS officials.
This is more than a movie; it's a front line in the battle for medical freedom and free speech.
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Del Bigtree, host of The High Wire and producer of the controversial documentary VAXXED, is facing renewed censorship efforts—this time from the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS).
In a powerful new segment, Bigtree reveals that HFHS has sent a cease-and-desist letter, threatening defamation lawsuits over his new film, An Inconvenient Study. The film investigates an unpublished HFHS study that compared health outcomes in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children.
The health system claims the study was shelved due to "significant flaws in its data and methodology," not because of its results. Bigtree counters this, presenting a compelling case that the study's findings—which allegedly show increased rates of chronic disease, neurological disorders, and asthma in vaccinated children—are the true reason it was buried.
He argues that had the results been reversed, glorifying vaccines, the study would have been "rushed to print" as definitive proof of vaccine safety. Instead, it joins at least seven other similar vaxxed/unvaxxed studies that have been suppressed.
Bigtree connects this to a long-standing pattern: his work on VAXXED and his early COVID-19 reporting on lab origins, mask inefficacy, and lockdown harms were all met with fierce attacks and platform censorship. Yet, each time, the controversy only amplified his message, growing his audience from hundreds of thousands to millions worldwide.
Standing firm in his commitment to medical transparency, Bigtree premiered a new trailer for An Inconvenient Study, featuring never-before-seen hidden camera footage of his conversations with HFHS officials.
This is more than a movie; it's a front line in the battle for medical freedom and free speech.
@DelBigtree
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‼️UNBELIEVABLE:
XClear did the work. CEO Nate Jones had them conduct the studies. And the studies said that their product blocked the replication of COVID, RSV, H5N1, and H1N1. The FTC sued them to stop them from claiming it was effective against COVID, despite the data. Why?
Now, they are fighting back. Listen and share!
Find the links for the study and the lawsuit in the comments below.
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XClear did the work. CEO Nate Jones had them conduct the studies. And the studies said that their product blocked the replication of COVID, RSV, H5N1, and H1N1. The FTC sued them to stop them from claiming it was effective against COVID, despite the data. Why?
Now, they are fighting back. Listen and share!
Find the links for the study and the lawsuit in the comments below.
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🚨 @RobertFKennedyJr. announced the U.S. rejects and will walk away from the U.N.’s health declaration—but not from the fight to end chronic disease. 🇺🇸
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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gives a lesson in what TRUE medical ethics look like. Pediatricians declining treatment to patients based on their decision to take or deny vaccines should pay close attention.
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Gavin de Becker exposes the chilling engine of vaccine hesitancy: Reality.
Parents aren't hesitant because of misinformation; they are hesitant because they have witnessed a severe adverse reaction. They saw their healthy baby get an injection and end up in the emergency room that night with seizures.
And what is the response? They are told this is "normal." That seizures in babies are just a thing that happens. As de Becker notes, an adult product causing seizures would be a national scandal. But for a childhood product, it is normalized, dismissed, and buried.
The most damning revelation is that this is a known quantity. The studies exist. The medical establishment knows which vaccines are more likely to cause febrile seizures. It's written in the vaccine inserts that parents never see and doctors never provide.
But why is this considered a "very serious matter" by agencies like the CDC? De Becker points to the internal documents that reveal the true concern: not the baby's health, but the fact that the experience will cause "vaccine hesitancy." The mother who lived through that 2 AM nightmare might logically choose to avoid the product that caused it.
This isn't science; it's semantics. De Becker describes a process with the Institute of Medicine involving "no beakers, no lab coats," but rather word games. Experts literally suggested framing the findings the same way they did with Agent Orange, using carefully crafted syntax like "no proof of an association" to publicly deny a connection they privately understood.
The conclusion is not just flawed science; it is a deliberate, syntactical betrayal of public trust. And the result is a broken parent in an ER, holding a seizing child, being told the thing they fear most is their own reluctance—rather than the reality playing out in their arms.
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Parents aren't hesitant because of misinformation; they are hesitant because they have witnessed a severe adverse reaction. They saw their healthy baby get an injection and end up in the emergency room that night with seizures.
And what is the response? They are told this is "normal." That seizures in babies are just a thing that happens. As de Becker notes, an adult product causing seizures would be a national scandal. But for a childhood product, it is normalized, dismissed, and buried.
The most damning revelation is that this is a known quantity. The studies exist. The medical establishment knows which vaccines are more likely to cause febrile seizures. It's written in the vaccine inserts that parents never see and doctors never provide.
But why is this considered a "very serious matter" by agencies like the CDC? De Becker points to the internal documents that reveal the true concern: not the baby's health, but the fact that the experience will cause "vaccine hesitancy." The mother who lived through that 2 AM nightmare might logically choose to avoid the product that caused it.
This isn't science; it's semantics. De Becker describes a process with the Institute of Medicine involving "no beakers, no lab coats," but rather word games. Experts literally suggested framing the findings the same way they did with Agent Orange, using carefully crafted syntax like "no proof of an association" to publicly deny a connection they privately understood.
The conclusion is not just flawed science; it is a deliberate, syntactical betrayal of public trust. And the result is a broken parent in an ER, holding a seizing child, being told the thing they fear most is their own reluctance—rather than the reality playing out in their arms.
@DelBigtree