Terrific MAHA news, in two stories. First, Reuters reported, “Buoyed by Kennedy’s success, MAHA groups take aim at state vaccine laws.” Reuters is worried. You can tell because they interviewed “medical experts” four times and mentioned measles twice.
The news was that a coalition of 14 MAHA-aligned, HHS-supported groups launched last month —conservatives working together for a change— and are now pushing Idaho-style vaccine freedom laws in up to a dozen states. And against all odds, it’s getting traction.
Seven states, including Florida, have active or pending legislation in the pipeline. Health freedom activist Leslie Manookian (Health Freedom Defense Fund) led last year’s successful Idaho effort —Idaho banned all medical mandates last year. Reuters quoted Leslie saying, “We breached the dam in Idaho in 2025. And now I think the mission is to burst the dam open.” Reuters thought that was some kind of ominous Nazi promise.
The one-sided article quoted several “medical experts” who were all very concerned that parents might get to decide what goes into their children’s bodies— instead of experts. Reuters’ experts wanted readers to know that vaccine mandates are “a critical public health tool”— which is expert-speak for “we liked it better when we didn’t have to ask first.”
Reuters also raised the alarm that the 14 groups have “close ties” to RFK Jr. (In related news, agriculture groups have ‘close ties’ to the Agriculture Secretary. But I digress.) The article also whined that “vaccine skepticism is gaining traction under Trump”— which is a hilarious way of saying “democracy is working.”
The big news here is not activists working on health freedom laws. The significant news, the news that really encourages, is that activists are working together to pass health freedom laws, that lawmakers are listening, and that Kennedy’s HHS is helping them.
They got it done in Idaho. Now they’re trying in 12 more states. That’s momentum. Recall that Secretary Kennedy said he had a plan to get it done without Congress. Behold.
💉 In even more hilarious news of media hysteria, Politico ran an overwrought and completely illogical story whose headline could have fronted the Babylon Bee: “‘Efficacy will be secondary’: RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers have a new mission.” You can’t make this stuff up. Politico is now complaining that Kennedy and HHS are putting safety first.
Beneath Politico’s pancakes of panic, the actual news was that yesterday, the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee (ACIP) announced it will now prioritize safety over efficacy. ACIP Chair Kirk Milhoan said Americans should view the panel “more as a safety committee; efficacy will be secondary.” That’s it. That was the whole story. Politico then squirted out 1,200 words of furious outrage.
The article sneeringly described Dr. Milhoan as “an evangelical pastor from Hawaii, pediatric cardiologist, and Covid vaccine skeptic.” Haha, they sneakily buried “pediatric cardiologist” in between the two slams. Of course, the two “slams” were music to our ears.
Dr. Milhoan said, “If you’re not looking for safety signals, you won’t necessarily find them.” Politico quoted ‘former’ (disgruntled) CDC official and leatherbound Monkeypox Coordinator Dmetre Daskalakis (of course), who responded, “it sounds like an excuse to find reasons to discourage vaccination.” Read that again. The public health establishment thinks looking for problems is a bad thing. No wonder people stopped trusting them.
But Dr. Milhoan explained that if the committee is even considering a vaccine, it should already work. Otherwise, it shouldn’t be before the committee. Duh.
The government’s vaccine advisers will focus on safety— and somehow that panics public health experts. And that tells you everything about why public trust has collapsed. “ The committee’s pivot goes against decades of best practices,” Politico warned, without evidence.
Um. Decades of ‘best practices’ gave us: vaccines that didn’t stop transmission, boosters that kept multiplying, and mandates for shots that healthy kids didn’t need. Those decades produced the credibility crisis. The “best practices” failed. Asking why is not dangerous — it’s long overdue. Forgive us for wanting a second opinion.
Bondage fetishist and corporate media’s favorite public health expert, Daskalakis, warned, “They’re going to be the mechanism to sow discord and confusion by presenting weird stuff.” I’m not making that up. Politico actually printed that imbecilic nonsense. Presumably, by “weird stuff,” Daskalakis meant “data,” and not alien autopsies or blurry chupacabra photos.
And, I’m only saying, but Dmetre probably shouldn’t be throwing around the phrase “weird stuff.” Doctor, heal thyself.
The fact that a former CDC official is preemptively labeling inconvenient data as “weird stuff” gives away the whole ballgame. They’re not even pretending to be scientific anymore —he doesn’t even need to see the future data— they’re already trying to discredit findings before the findings exist.
Welp. Safety first, morons. The Reckoning™ train continues barreling down the track.
