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RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids (arstechnica.com)

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Under ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr, federal health officials are working to link COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to the deaths of 25 children, and may further restrict access to the shots, possibly recommending them for people aged 75 and up, instead of 65 and up, according to The Washington Post.

Four unnamed sources close to the situation told the Post that Trump administration health officials appear to be using information from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to make the claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children.

VAERS is a system in which anyone can report anything they think is an adverse event related to a vaccination. The reports are completely unverified upon submission, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff follow up on serious reports to try to substantiate claims and assess if they were actually caused by a vaccine. They rarely are.

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Killing RFK jr. would arguably save many many lives. I’m not advocating doing this, I’m just stating a fact. Also, I don’t think such an act should be considered “political violence” in the context of the discussion around Charlie Kirk’s rapid unscheduled disassembly. Killing RFK jr. would be more akin to self defense since his actions are actively harming many people. What a shithole of a timeline we are on.

[–] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Kirk that asshole.