Category Archives: Vaccination

The Efficacy of Vaccines Is Settled Science

Posted on January 7, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t have much to add to the horrible decision by the Trump/Vought Administration and Plaguelord Kennedy to stop the CDC from recommending seven childhood vaccines, except to add one thing that I don’t think is said enough: there are … Continue reading →

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A Possible Trajectory of Childhood Diseases Under Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy

Posted on December 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Friday night, the Trump administration under direction from Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy decided to stop recommending childhood vaccines. This is both expected and very bad. I think there will be few immediate consequences fortunately, so that hopefully gives us … Continue reading →

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What HHS Secretary’s “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy’s ‘Gold Standard’ Science Actually Looks Like

Posted on November 20, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, the CDC, under the guidance of HHS Secretary “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy, updated its “Autism and Vaccines” page: Like science denialists of all stripes, you’ll notice that they flipped the ‘null hypothesis.’ Rather than assuming vaccines do not cause autism, … Continue reading →

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A Short Thought About ‘AI’ and ‘Tech’

Posted on October 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, I came across an article in which the president of Google, who has no medical or biology training, claimed that AI will cure cancer in our lifetime. Leaving aside the silliness of describing any complex machine learning … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Why D.C. Needs Statehood: The Vaccination Edition

Posted on September 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Some good news for D.C. residents on the COVID vaccine front (boldface mine): D.C. adults and most children should have an easier time accessing the coronavirus vaccine at pharmacies, after the D.C. Council on Wednesday voted to ease restrictions around … Continue reading →

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Is This Gold Standard Science? Because It Seems Kinda Sucky, Akshually

Posted on September 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

HHS Secretary and Carrion Lord Kennedy is doing more anti-vaccine shenanigans (boldface mine): The CDC immunization committee has yet to release coronavirus vaccine recommendations, but is scheduled to vote on them later in September. The newly reformulated panel already has … Continue reading →

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Get a COVID Vaccine Now

Posted on September 5, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t have much to add to this excellent piece by Sabrina Ambler about how to get a COVID vaccine in HHS Secretary Kennedy’s America (the piece isn’t behind a paywall and shouldn’t require email registration etc.). One important date … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Understand Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Without Tucker Carlson and Fox News

Posted on August 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, Dylan Scott at Vox attempted to explain how anti-vaccinationism arose (boldface mine): Well, for starters, even though anti-vaccine activism has existed for decades, the movement received a boost with the COVID-19 pandemic and the way it polarized people’s opinions … Continue reading →

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The Kennedy Op-Ed: Don’t Ignore the Dog Whistles

Posted on March 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy wrote an op-ed suggesting that parents vaccinate their kids with the MMR vaccine, and has widely been seen as a change of heart. But if you have been following anti-vaxxers for a long … Continue reading →

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The Partisan Gap on MMR Vaccines

Posted on September 29, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, a Washington Post article discussed some KFF polling data on U.S. attitudes towards vaccination. Most of the focus was on a huge partisan divide in willingness to get vaccinated for COVID, influenza, and RSV. But The Discourse missed what … Continue reading →

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