Viewpoint: The ‘massive anti-vax, anti-public health propaganda machine’ promoting RFK. Jr. and his band of HHS grifters

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It’s a great time to be a MAHA-pilled anti-vaxxer, because there are so many fun conferences to attend. … The MAHA Institute has hosted a series of round tables on everything from women’s health to autism, most recently convening a distinguished cohort of professional wellness influencers and disgraced academics to “find out how the medical journal ecosystem became a swamp of corruption.” I’m sorry I missed that one, since as a journal editor, I am always looking to improve my “academic gatekeeping” and “weaponized retraction” skills.

The world is lousy with MAHA events, as I discovered when reading this breathtaking account of the Freedom Summit, a mishmash of fringe evangelical far-right politics, Charlie Kirk beatification, and good old-fashioned pseudoscience capitalism, with John Galt Mortgage Company financial products and 5G-repelling Faraday cages among the goods and services on offer. … But none of this holds a candle to what is surely the MAHA event of the year: the Children’s Health Defense Moment of Truth conference, kicking off … in Texas!

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is the anti-vax organization founded by US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., which he led until 2023. CHD (along with the MAHA Institute and MAHA Action) currently operates a massive anti-vax, anti-public health propaganda machine for HHS. They have cranked the CHD bullshit machines to maximum output, to celebrate their ascendance and usher in the new Dark Ages.

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Day 1 kicks off with a reunion of the sexy Hollywood superstars that made the movie Vaxxed. In other words, anti-vax media mogul Del Bigtree and OG MMR hater Andrew Wakefield will chat with CHD CEO Mary Holland ….

Any CHD conference with Andrew Wakefield in attendance must contain some classical vaccines-cause-autism content, especially since he just dropped that report with McCullough. This year’s agenda does not disappoint.

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