{"id":14698,"date":"2025-07-10T16:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T21:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=14698"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:00:58","slug":"are-previous-vaccine-recommendations-tainted","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/are-previous-vaccine-recommendations-tainted\/","title":{"rendered":"Are previous vaccine recommendations tainted?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]In a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0produced by Epoch Times, a website owned by the\u00a0Falun Gong<\/a>\u00a0cult, which is also responsible for the Shen Yun dance troupe, newly appointed ACIP advisors Retsef Levi and Dr. Robert Malone claim that the committee has held hidden power, relied on shaky safety data, and did not allow open debate and better long-term studies. They suggest that families could not trust its recommendations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]The\u202fAdvisory Committee on Immunization\u202fPractices<\/a>, or ACIP, is a team of independent vaccine experts who meet at the CDC. Once a new vaccine is licensed by the FDA, ACIP reviews all the data and provides guidance on how a vaccine should be used.\u202fTheir advice is what ultimately lands a vaccine on the schedule your provider uses to make sure you are up-to-date and protected.<\/p>\n

ACIP\u2019s voting members are mostly pediatricians, epidemiologists, and infectious disease doctors. One seat is set aside for a consumer advocate. They apply through an open process run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dozens of nonvoting liaisons from medical societies and federal agencies also sit in, which keeps the conversation broad and transparent.<\/p>\n

The ACIP has operated under some of the strictest\u00a0conflict\u2011of\u2011interest rules<\/a>\u00a0in the federal government, and ACIP\u2019s charter forbids anyone with more than\u00a0a token stake<\/a>\u00a0in a company from voting on that company\u2019s products.\u00a0Members serve as\u202fSpecial Government Employees, must file public financial\u2011disclosure forms, and are required at every meeting to\u00a0declare<\/a>, and, when necessary, recuse themselves for any relevant ties. Meeting minutes, member disclosures, and all supporting materials are posted online, and every session is webcast with time for open public comment. These safeguards were put in place precisely to keep vaccine policy transparent and insulated from commercial pressure.<\/p>\n

RFK Jr. himself was required to resolve his own\u00a0conflicts of interest<\/a>\u00a0regarding an agreement with the law firm WisnerBaum, under which he receives 10% of the funds awarded in referred vaccine litigation\u00a0cases.<\/p>\n

Despite Malone’s claims, firing the previous members did not clear conflicts. Instead, a well\u2011vetted process was interrupted, removing years of collective expertise and creating a political opening for advisors whose views and financial ties have not yet been probed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claims that ACIP hid data and avoided debate are false. This CDC panel follows strict rules to ensure transparent, evidence-based vaccine recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[218],"class_list":["post-14698","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14710,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/14698\/revisions\/14710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=14698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}