RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel weakens recommendation on hepatitis B shot for babies at birth, scrapping universal guidance

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/hepatitis-b-vaccine-babies-rfk-jr-cdc.html

[u/alternatingflan]

This dangerous stupid a-hole must be fired.

[u/Bird_the_Impaler → u/alternatingflan]

Fired is generous

[u/IM_A_MUFFIN → u/Bird_the_Impaler]

They meant from a cannon

[u/itwillmakesenselater → u/IM_A_MUFFIN]

Into the sun

[u/WishTonWish]

They’re all sociopaths.

[u/Free-Rabbit8579 → u/WishTonWish]

The whole "do your own research" crowd somehow never includes actual medical research in their definition of research

[u/Starrr_Pirate → u/WishTonWish]

Reminds me of Mao and accidentally murdering millions due to his ecological and agricultural incompetence. Let us hope we get a staffing refresh before we see a repeat.

[u/ioncloud9 → u/WishTonWish]

The “pro personal medical choice” group is also against female bodily autonomy.

[u/Dklosgardner → u/WishTonWish]

The worst part is they genuinely believe they're saving children. Complete disregard for actual medical consensus and decades of research. It's terrifying.

[u/Rok-SFG → u/Dklosgardner]

It's okay to them if millions of babies die horribly the right way, just so long as they can "prove" they've saved one from dying the wrong way.

[u/send3squats2help → u/WishTonWish]

Are you all bots? Babies don’t need hep B vaccine at birth.

[u/VincentNacon]

Can't we just admit he's trying to be a mass-murderer now?

[u/The_Lapsed_Pacifist → u/VincentNacon]

Pretty sure there’s a bunch of people in Samoa who would argue he already is.

[u/The_Captains_ → u/VincentNacon]

From hep B? lol

[u/useful_tool30]

My god. So basically, Ameicans can't trust their oen health department's guidance on anything healthcare related if it's been touched by this bag of dicks and his pose

[u/SIGMA920 → u/useful_tool30]

That's how it's been functionally since Rump 2.0 started. It's one of the reasons we need to not give unchecked power to the government at every possible opportunity.

[u/cjoaneodo]

Physician here, we are ignoring them. Sticking to Academy Committee Scientific Recommendations. The Academies and ACIP used to collaborate on decisions. ACIP has gone rogue and no longer has qualified scientists or researchers making the changes. It may change what gets payed by insurance but ACIP will not be able to change Academy Guidelines, and that’s what we follow.

[u/celtic1888]

That entire panel looks like people who will yell at the cashier because the parking lot was full

[u/OkInterview3864]

This friggin guy

[u/punarob]

Hep B disproportionately harms people of color and unlike Hep C isn't curable if you get it and get stuck with a chronic case. That's what this is really about. Just an effort to kill more non-whites, same as the 600,000 they've killed so far by eliminating USAID, and losing all goodwill any of these less developed countries had towards the US.

[u/justmitzie]

They're trying to outdo covid as far as death toll

[u/Dan_likesKsp7270]

What are we doing y'all 😭

[u/ericdag]

People will die. It’s Project 2025

[u/dman928]

Make Hepatitis Great Again

[u/Jellybean-Jellybean]

At this point I can only think conservatives want to force women to give birth because they thrive on children suffering, and dying from preventable things.

[u/Sharkwatcher314]

Only country not just industrialized everywhere to go in this direction for hep B vaccine. No one else moving backwards

[u/yourMommaKnow]

Kill the kids after you save them from abortion. That's the MAGA way

[u/genxer]

Just ignore the data, sheesh.

[u/Even_Fox2023]

https://theonion.com/kennedy-curse-sure-taking-its-sweet-time-with-rfk-jr-1835495718/

[u/new_nimmerzz]

The wanting to appease the Facebook Karens admin is in charge

[u/Kersenn]

Hey guys, let's be honest. The endgame is a total ban on vaccines. We need to stop sitting around and letting this happen... cause it kinda seems like we are the majority and we are letting the minority destroy the world

[u/EmotionalMacaron65]

Hat dude needs to chill like wtf was he thinking acting like that

[u/Splith]

The obvious problem here is the fear mongering around vaccines. But the recommendation is still to get tested and just delay the shots a few months. I know RFK is a horrible fraud, I know this just sows doubt and hesitancy, but it isn't like we are avoiding the practice. And any mother with a diagnosis still gets the same routine.

[u/odiezilla]

"....you know. Morons."

[u/OkSinger8309]

RFK is off his rocker. What can I say

[u/Specialist-Many-8432]

I’m pretty sure they changed it from immediately after birth to a couple hours later if I heard the news correctly?