RFK, Jr.’s Childhood Vaccine Crusade (Here Are the REAL Numbers)
When RFK, Jr. suggested we make changes to America’s childhood vaccine schedule, you would have thought he kicked a puppy.
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The reaction was swift… and merciless.
The very suggestion that we space out some shots, evaluate whether some vaccines were still necessary, or stop combo-injections sent mainstream medicine into a frenzy.
Talking heads started appearing on TV news, almost always using the same line – that the current schedule had a “decades-long” record of safety.
They didn’t provide any actual data… and I never saw a single journalist push back on the claim.
“Just trust us,” we were being told.
So what exactly is this “decades-long” record of safety?
Well, the data exists for anyone to see…
And once you look at the numbers, you realize they’re a lot less rosy than we were led to believe.
Most Americans have never heard of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) – and, trust me, the drug companies don’t want you knowing about it.
VAERS was created in 1990 to allow doctors, patients, and caregivers to report adverse events after a vaccine was administered.
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In 1990, the first full year on record, there were
1,090 adverse events reported in the 0-17 age group.
In 2000, it had climbed to
6,813 – a six-fold increase.
And in 2024, just last year, there were
11,515 adverse events reported involving kids.
That’s enough to fill 240 school buses.
This is the “decades-long” safety record they’re talking about – a 10X increase in adverse events since we started tracking the data.
How long did it take me to compile those numbers?
About five minutes. The same five minutes it would take any reporter, if they bothered.
So why aren’t your hearing about this?
Well, here’s a little experiment you can try, right at home.
Put your favorite television program on tonight – any program, it won’t matter. Watch it through two commercial breaks and count how many drug ads you see.
Big Pharma spent $5 billion on TV ads alone in 2024 – and they made up nearly 25% of the ad minutes on the most popular evening network news programs.
That’s right… the drug companies are the largest advertising bloc for the news outlets that are supposed to be reporting on them.
Now, the mainstream medical community will remind you that adverse events can be minor – and that the adverse events reported represent just a small percentage of the kids who receive vaccines every year.
And they’re not wrong.
But many adverse events never get reported in the first place.
And to suggest that we can’t even have a conversation about the vaccine schedule… that there’s nothing we can do better, even as adverse events are spiking… is ridiculous.
Now, no one is suggesting you shouldn’t get your children or grandchildren vaccinated. That’s a decision families make with their doctors.
But RFK, Jr. is 100% right that we should be discussing how to reduce harms in the childhood vaccine schedule…
And his detractors are 100% wrong for trying to stop that discussion from taking place.
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