Episode Details

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are alarmed at how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering vaccine policies, and nonexistent data and studies are used by members of the ACIP to make changes to immunization practices in the absence of a CDC director, justification for not honoring the US commitment to GAVI and global public policies including support of routine childhood immunizations, placing millions of children at risk for the return of vaccine preventable diseases including polio outbreaks in Pappa New Guinea and increased circulation of wildtype type 1 poliovirus, before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, approval of Merck’s anti-RSV mRNA monoclonal antibody, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, changes in COVID mRNA vaccine labeling and reframing of the science around the vaccine, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research

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• Jake Scott (Stanford University)
• Vaccine Randomized control trials (Bradspellberg.com)
• Vaccine RCT spreadsheet aims to show the data, dispel myths about vaccines  (CIDRAP)
• Vaccines-rcts (Bradspellberg.com)
• CDC’s upcoming vaccine advisory meeting set up to sow distrust in vaccines (CIDRAP)
• Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)
• June meeting: MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP) (CDC: ACIP agenda)
• Robert F Berman, PhD (UC Davis Health: Department of Neurological Surgery)
• Transparency = nonexistent data: CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative (CNN)
• A C.D.C. Committee Just Voted Against Flu Shots With This Preservative. Is It Safe? (NY Times)
• CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations (STAT News)
• Newly appointed CDC vaccine advisory committee holds first meeting, stirs more controversy (CI