Kennedy's new US vaccine panel to discuss measles shot for children

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Source: Reuters

June 18, 2025 6:26 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers will discuss recommendations for flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal and a combination measles shot for children this month, putting topics of concern to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. high on the public health agenda.

Kennedy, who has a long history of sowing doubt over the safety of vaccines, contrary to scientific evidence, wrote a book in 2014 claiming that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, causes brain damage. He has also prominently promoted the idea that vaccines that combine shots against measles, mumps and rubella, as well as varicella are linked to autism. Repeated scientific studies have disproved both assertions. Since taking the role of top U.S. health official under the Trump administration, Kennedy is changing vaccine policies for the American public.

He recently asked for a review of all data including for the measles shot, by far the best way to prevent infection with the highly contagious and sometimes deadly virus. The panel, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice, is due to meet on June 25 and 26. It will vote on the safety of flu shots and discuss proposed recommendations for use of the combined MMRV vaccine for children under 5 years of age, according to a draft agenda on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website on Wednesday.

While the seasonal flu shot was expected to be on the meeting agenda, neither the topic of thimerosal nor the MMRV vaccine was anticipated. The meeting agenda did not specify who will be presenting data on either subject. The Department of Health and Human Services declined to comment on the record on why topics were added to the agenda or who would be making presentations.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cdcs-vaccine-advisory-committee-vote-rsv-flu-shots-2025-06-18/

[SunSeeker]

1. We're going back to the dark ages, thanks to Worm Brain.

[Javaman]

2. first they need to "cleanse" the room with a smug pot.

then invoke the spirit of colloidal silver before the meeting

then discuss the finer aspect of bad air and it's effect on miasma

how essential oils cleanse the humor of the body

and finally, how homeopathy will save the world.

[Hugin]

3. Gift baskets of leeches and totems will be available.

A short break for horse deworming cookies and bleach shots midway through the proceedings.

[rambler_american]

4. You want to know what causes brain damage?

I'll tell you what causes brain damage. Worms that eat your brain.

[PSPS]

5. And the heroin certainly doesn't help

[turbinetree]

6. Did these jerks not get a vaccine like the MMR............yes or no................

these people got shots while they were babies...................did they not..............
this is what the Cleveland Clinic says about the vaccines..................

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/11288-childhood-immunization-schedule

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Don't they already have one?? The MMR vaccine has been in use since the early '70s

A few years back, my friend returned to college and she wasn't allowed in class until she got the MMRV vaccine - so I drove her.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Apparently he has an issue with a preservative used in vaccines like this

(i.e., ones that cover multiple viruses)

The ingredient - thimerosal - is mercury-based but is also a substance found naturally in certain seafood like tuna.

I know that the MMR wasn't out when we were kids. I had a standalone Measles one, then ended up contracting the Mumps, and finally getting the standalone Rubella (German Measles) one when it came out in the late '60s. With the latest Measles outbreak, I had considered going on and getting a MMR (to be a booster as they said that some of the early standalone Measles shots didn't use a live virus).

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I think I had all of what used to be the childhood illnesses, should I ask my doctor if I should get the vaccine?

I had mumps in Albany when I was 5 or 6 (my Dad took pictures because he thought I looked funny), measles in Ticonderoga during summer vacation when I was 7 or 8, chicken pox in Saratoga when I was 9 or 10 and then German Measles where I live now during my first year of college when I came home for Easter Vacation.