How RFK Jr Coerces Parents Into Skipping Vaccines
Anti-vaccine influencers like to talk about vaccine choice and informed consent a lot. And they often push the idea that vaccine mandates are a form of coercion.
All of which is quite ironic, when they are the ones that are coercing people into skipping or delaying vaccines with all of their anti-vaccine rhetoric!
How RFK Jr Coerces Parents Into Skipping Vaccines
Need an example?
When asked about hepatitis B vaccines, Secretary Kennedy said that they were still available and “parents can assess the risks themselves through informed consent.”
But then, he told everyone that the “hepatitis B vaccine was not safety tested. It had a four-day test with no placebo. We don’t know what the risk profile is. Parents are allowed to ask that question.”
Do you see the problem?
Parents listening to him are actually not being allowed informed consent because they are being scared and guided with misinformation!
The hepatitis B vaccine clinical trial lasted for over six months and did include a placebo!
The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the most tested vaccines we have, including many post-licensure studies that have shown it to be safe and effective.
“The hepatitis B vaccine is considered one of the safest and most effective vaccines ever produced, and it has been studied rigorously.”
Hepatitis B Foundation
There was even a vaccinated vs unvaccinated study of newborns and the hepatitis B vaccine!
Hepatitis B vaccination and the risk of childhood-onset multiple sclerosis.
School-based hepatitis B vaccination programme and adolescent multiple sclerosis.
Uptake and safety of Hepatitis B vaccination during pregnancy: A Vaccine Safety Datalink study.
Hepatitis B vaccine and risk of autoimmune thyroid disease: A Vaccine Safety Datalink study
And dozens of studies have proven that hepatitis B vaccines are safe and effective in newborns too.
Secretary Kennedy might not know or care to learn what the risk profile is for this vaccine or any other, but those of us who want to keep kids from getting vaccine-preventable diseases sure do!