RFK Jr.’s Flawed Justifications for ‘Clean Sweep’ of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel (2025)

News Report · FactCheck.org · June 2025

Independent fact-check documenting that Kennedy's 97% figure misapplies the OIG omission statistic to conflicts of interest, that ACIP disclosure rules tightened in 2022, and that at the April 2025 ACIP meeting most members reported no conflicts; it cites Science's finding of 'minimal industry payments.'

minimal industry payments

Independent fact-check documenting that Kennedy's 97% figure misapplies the OIG omission statistic to conflicts of interest, that ACIP disclosure rules tightened in 2022, and that at the April 2025 ACIP meeting most members reported no conflicts; it cites Science's finding of 'minimal industry payments.' Serves as the independent challenge to the removal rationale under Hard Rule 5.

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