Sunday, June 08, 2025

Anti-vax person hired by RFK Jr. has started work at HHS

Notorious anti-vaccine advocate David Geier has begun working at the US Department of Health and Human Services and is seeking access to sensitive vaccine safety data that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had previously barred him from accessing -- at least twice -- according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.

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... Geier and his father, Mark Geier, who died in March, are known for peddling the thoroughly debunked falsehood that vaccines cause autism, publishing a long list of dubious articles in low-quality journals that push the idea. In particular, the two have blamed the mercury-containing vaccine preservative, thimerosal, despite numerous studies finding no link. Thimerosal was largely abandoned from vaccine formulations in 2001 out of an abundance of caution.

In 2011, an investigation by the Maryland State Board of Physicians found that the Geiers were misdiagnosing autistic children and treating them with potent hormone therapies in a treatment they dubbed the "Lupron Protocol." Mark Geier was stripped of his medical license.

David Geier, who has no medical or scientific background and holds only a bachelor's degree, was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-08 03:31 PM

@#1 ... David Geier, who has no medical or scientific background and holds only a bachelor's degree, was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. ... ...

Another incompetent now working in the Trump admin?


What ever happened to the "best and the brightest?"

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-08 08:21 PM

Now we get the drunk and the retarded.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-10 02:20 PM

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