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RFK Jr.’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke polio vaccine approval (www.nytimes.com)

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Aaron Siri, lawyer for RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptic organizations, has petitioned the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine and pause 13 others, citing concerns about aluminum and autism.

Siri has a history of challenging vaccine mandates and filing lawsuits to force disclosure of FDA vaccine approval documents.

Public health experts warn his efforts fuel vaccine hesitancy amid declining vaccination rates and rising diseases like measles.

With Kennedy set to oversee the FDA as health secretary, vaccine policy may face intensified scrutiny under their shared "medical freedom" agenda.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The actual petition isn't quite as bad as it sounds: https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/e68bd8b142eb7bf0/914e0b90-full.pdf

It's odd though, the article states there have been trials with six month follow ups, the petition states only ones with three days followups were done. You could dismiss that as him simply being a crank, but the petition also says they filed a FOIA request to the FDA for the studies relied upon, and were only given four documents, which match their assertion. I wonder if the entire thing could be due to someone at the FDA screwing up a FOIA response?

[–] Captainvaqina 2 points 1 week ago

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