I was surprised to see this coming from the New York Post editorial board — though perhaps I shouldn’t be, given that it is New York. The Post has seriously damaged its credibility. They appear outraged that “HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices tossed the recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccines for infants at birth.”
Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and certain bodily fluids, including sexual contact, and in the United States the primary risk to newborns is perinatal transmission from an infected mother, with infection in infants born to hepatitis-B-negative mothers being uncommon. Yet the New York Post argues for vaccinating all infants on day one of life regardless of individual risk.
If the New York Post is going to aggressively defend childhood vaccines, then it should also demand — and publish — full transparency. That means reporting every component of the vaccines they champion: all ingredients, adjuvants, preservatives, and manufacturing residues, clearly and plainly — not buried in dense technical documents most parents will never read.
You cannot shout “trust the science” while shielding the details from public view. Informed consent requires full disclosure. If vaccines are truly safe for all children, there should be no resistance to sunlight, scrutiny, or honest reporting.
Insults are not journalism. Transparency is.
NY POST:
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still chipping away at one of the biggest public-health wins of the last century: the widespread use of disease-eradicating vaccines.
On Dec. 5, his handpicked Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices tossed the recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccines for infants at birth, instead advising it only for babies whose mothers tested positive for the disease — and recommending that babies who don’t get the jab at birth don’t receive it earlier than two months.
But . . . why?
The hep B vaccine has a stellar safety record, and relying on testing is a bad plan; it’s usually done in the first trimester or during birth, but can go wrong in plenty of ways — like moms being exposed post-test, or not getting tested at all.
Universal at-birth vaccination is a low-risk, very effective strategy for preventing a disease that has a 90% chance of becoming a chronic, liver-damaging, possibly deadly illness for babies who get infected. READ MORE
A few more sentences The NY Post wrote:
There’s zero reason for the ACIP to change recommendations, except to further RFK’s obsessive agenda to reduce the number of vaccines for tots — based on his feverish belief that the jabs are dangerous.
It’s all part and parcel of RFK Jr.’s dangerous and plain dumb war on vaccines.
Universal at-birth vaccination is a low-risk, very effective strategy…