{"id":15675,"date":"2026-02-19T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=15675"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:05:03","slug":"were-the-best-scientists-censored","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/were-the-best-scientists-censored\/","title":{"rendered":"Were the best scientists censored?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yp8z-IaUmD0?si=grdVyjbDGTwxgJsL\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noindex\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with Theo Von, HHS Secretary RFK JR.\u00a0hints that vaccines cause serious harm, even joking about Kid Rock\u2019s brother losing his leg. He\u00a0also claims that science and medical journals are corrupt and that his favorite scientists were censored during COVID, which can make people stop trusting doctors and public health advice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]RFK Jr. makes several claims. He talks about government censorship and corruption in science journals.<\/p>\n<p>One of his claims is about corruption in medical journals. He says drug companies can publish a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open-access.network\/en\/information\/publishing\/preprints\" rel=\"noopener\">preprint<\/a>\u00a0and use it to promote their products. A preprint is a research paper that has not yet been reviewed by other scientists or officially published.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, a drug company may share a preprint in its marketing to make it seem more official. But the journal is not responsible if a company uses a preprint in a misleading way. The problem would be with the company, not the journal.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. also says that people who now lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), such as Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, and Dr. Oz, were censored during COVID-19. Bhattacharya claimed that the government worked with social media companies to silence his views. However, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/23-411_3dq3.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0later said there was no proof that the government forced social media companies to remove content.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kid Rock\u2019s brother did not lose his leg because of a vaccine. He lost his leg in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/people\/profiles\/my-secret-life-kid-rock-musician-age-37-870596.html\" rel=\"noopener\">childhood accident<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In an\u00a0interview\u00a0with Theo Von, HHS Secretary RFK JR.\u00a0hints that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[],"class_list":["post-15675","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15675","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\/15675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15676,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/15675\/revisions\/15676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=15675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}