Being There

“About half of the panel’s members were appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week. In a sign of how hastily the committee was put together, many of the members needed explanations of the usual protocol for these meetings, the design of scientific studies, and critical flaws in the data they suggested including. Many of the panelists also seemed unsure about the purpose of the Vaccines for Children program, which provides free shots to roughly half of all American children. Approving which vaccines the program should cover is a key function of the committee.” NYT (Gift Article): Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4. (So far, we don’t have a vaccine for self-imposed chaos and confusion, but if we did, Kennedy would spread falsehoods about it.)