Overview
- The Wall Street Journal's editorial board accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of an "ideological crusade" to tilt the CDC toward anti-vaccine positions.
- The piece pointed to last week’s CDC revision stating the blanket claim that vaccines do not cause autism is "not an evidence-based claim."
- Editors said the updated guidance cites a discredited University of Colorado Boulder study tied to Children's Health Defense.
- The editorial argued Kennedy is breaking assurances to Sen. Bill Cassidy, noting an upcoming ACIP discussion on aluminum adjuvants that could lead to removal requirements.
- It warned that eliminating or reformulating aluminum-containing vaccines could take years, cost billions, and sideline roughly a dozen shots, while adding that infants ingest more aluminum from milk or formula than from vaccines.