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Infection diseases doctor | Stanford Clinical Associate Professor Focused on vaccines, data transparency, and antimicrobial stewardship. Views my own.
@katherineeban.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialAs WV lawyers fight against RFK Jr. ally Aaron Siri, Sec Kennedy promises to "be helpful" to legal allies aiming to take down vaccination laws. Interviews w/ over 70 sources/internal HHS emails, memos, texts, meeting records. @jakescottmd.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @vinguptamd.bsky.social /2
@katherineeban.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialEXCLUSIVE @rollingstone.com months-long reporting project: On The Front Lines of the Vaccine Wars. Inside a West Virginia courtroom battle, one of US' most effective vaccine laws hangs in balance: “Potentially as earth shaking as reversal of Roe [v. Wade].” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialImportant reporting from @katherineeban.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com on Aaron Siri’s efforts to undermine childhood vaccination & his extraordinary influence inside HHS.
I spoke w/ her about how he misrepresents the clinical trial evidence. Well worth reading
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
@cidrap.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialCIDRAP Op-Ed: One HPV vaccine dose may be enough, but how we get to that answer matters
A decision on whether to recommend just 1 dose needs to rest on solid evidence.
Full Op-Ed by @jakescottmd.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4hXLkj6
📷: Heather Hazzan / Self magazine
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialMy new @cidrap.bsky.social piece:
One HPV vaccine dose may be enough, but how we get to that answer matters.
The evidence for one dose is strong in girls; uncertainties remain, especially in boys. The biggest problem is still the kids who never get a 1st dose.
@gregfolkers.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialCIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations.
You have 4 days to weigh in.
by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
@cidrap.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialCIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations. You have 4 days to weigh in.
The people with the most to say, the pediatricians, pharmacists, & obstetric nurses, are the ones least likely to know they can say it.
Read full Op-Ed by @jakescottmd.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4xDZsTu
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialHHSGov is taking public comments on how it labels childhood vaccine recommendations. It closes Sunday. Most of the people with something to say don't know they can.
I wrote about it for @cidrap.bsky.social. Please share.
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialPennsylvania reported two measles deaths. RFK Jr. called them possibly fabricated. CDC pulled them from the count. I wrote for @cidrap.bsky.social on why “died with, not from” doesn’t work for measles.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidr...
@skirchy.bsky.socialReposted by @jakescottmd.bsky.socialExclusive: RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate. Stellar reporting by @bymichellersmith.com based on documents obtained by @theguardian.com and @apnews.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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@jakescottmd.bsky.socialLots of lies being spread by RFK Jr about the MMR vaccine, even as the US struggles to contain the worst measles outbreak in decades.
I go into depth about MMR myths in this @cidrap.bsky.social piece. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidr...
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialMonday’s vaccine executive order rests on one document, an HHS assessment saying America should vaccinate like Denmark. I wrote in December about why that fails. Copying Denmark’s endpoint while ignoring what makes it work strips protections kids need. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
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Covid vaccines and miscarriage has been studied repeatedly, at national scale. Here's that evidence, one study per post. The CDC's came first: vaccinated women miscarried at the same rate as everyone else, about 1 in 8. NEJM, Sept 2021.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@jakescottmd.bsky.social1/ Trump's executive order on childhood vaccines came Monday. Since ACIP was created in 1964, every change to that schedule has come from the same process: evidence review, risk-benefit analysis, public votes, revision when safety monitoring caught a problem. This one came from the Oval Office.
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialThe @fda.gov withdrew its scientists’ COVID and shingles vaccine studies from publication last fall.
My new @cidrap.bsky.social piece walks through what those studies actually found, and why their suppression matters.
@jakescottmd.bsky.socialThree weeks ago I explained in @statnews.com why adopting Denmark’s vaccine schedule would leave American children unprotected. Today HHS did it anyway.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
@jakescottmd.bsky.social“Delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose beyond the newborn period introduces risks that have lifelong detrimental consequences and no measurable health benefit.”
Important and timely piece by an amazing team - Mike Abers, Angela Ulrich, & Rochelle Walensky. 👏👏
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@jakescottmd.bsky.socialThe corrupted CDC website refers to a Danish study (Andersson et al) and "a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger's syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4)." It's worth putting this into context. Short 🧵
