Sandra Finley

Jun 182025
 
Our contribution is to get this news circulated;
   Persons in the medical professions, including pharmacies and schools need to know.   I’ll watch for the outcome.
      This is a CRITICAL battle between industry industries and those determined to stop the poisoning of our children,  for profit./Sandra
Agency Capture Big Pharma

After Years of Silence, first since HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped eight new ACIP members, just days after removing all 17 former members in what he called a “clean sweep.”

 

After Years of Silence, New CDC Vaccine Panel to Vote on Mercury in Flu Shots

The committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children at its meeting next week — the first since HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped eight new ACIP members, just days after removing all 17 former members in what he called a “clean sweep.”

The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee will vote next week on the mercury-based flu vaccine, according to an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting agenda draft posted today on the ACIP website

The committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children.

This will be the first meeting since U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped eight new ACIP members — just days after removing all 17 former members in what he called a “clean sweep … needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science.”

Before they vote, ACIP members will hear presentations on respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV vaccines, including Merck’s new RSV shot for newborns. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new shot, even though clinical trials showed an 11.71% rate of serious adverse events, including death.

Discussions, but no votes, are slated for other vaccines, including COVID-19, Chikungunya, Anthrax and MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella).

ACIP decides which vaccines should be recommended to the public, who should take them and how often — recommendations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) typically rubber stamps and publishes on its immunization schedules.

The committee will meet June 25-26 in Atlanta, Georgia.

ACIP to discuss thimerosal after years of silence

Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in multi-dose vials of the flu vaccine, according to the CDC. Most single-dose vials and pre-filled syringes of the flu shot don’t contain the preservative, as they’re intended for single use.

Over 25 years ago, vaccine industry leaders and public health officials concealed evidence from the CDC’s own database that linked thimerosal to neurodevelopmental disorders in children, including autism, according to transcripts from a meeting in Norcross, Georgia.

The U.S. government has long said thimerosal poses no harm to children. However, in 2001, out of what the agency said was an abundance of caution, the CDC said the ingredient would no longer be used in childhood vaccines.

A recent investigation by journalist Sharyl Attkisson proved both statements untrue.

Thimerosal’s potential to harm kids has been on Kennedy’s radar for over a decade. In 2014, he edited a book on the topic: “Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak: The Evidence Supporting the Immediate Removal of Mercury — a Known Neurotoxin — from Vaccines.”

The CDC webpage for flu shot safety considerations during pregnancy makes no mention of thimerosal, nor does it encourage pregnant women to be sure they get a flu shot from a single-dose vial or prefilled syringe to avoid mercury exposure.

Next week, ACIP members will hear a presentation on thimerosal in vaccines and a presentation on proposed recommendations for flu vaccines that contain thimerosal. The names of the presenters were not listed on the agenda at press time.

The committee will also vote on flu vaccines that don’t contain thimerosal.

Dr. Meryl Nass, who has attended many past ACIP meetings, said, “There is no need for thimerosal, a known neurotoxin, as it is not used in single-dose vials. Its use should be ended.”

Critics weigh in on ACIP agenda

Reactions to the ACIP meeting agenda were mixed. Some said it signaled that the CDC is veering off course, while others called for even more change.

Brian Hooker, Ph.D., Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) chief scientific officer, said that although he was encouraged by Kennedy’s selections for the new ACIP members, he was disappointed in the slate of meeting presenters and moderators.

“It is the same old cast of CDC characters (from the National Center for Infectious and Respiratory Diseases) who present a very biased viewpoint,” Hooker said. “CDC’s culture is vaccinology as a religion, straight up. ACIP committee members desperately need an alternative view that is based on the very stark reality of vaccine ineffectiveness and the extremely high prevalence of vaccine adverse events.”

Dr. Jeremy Faust, editor of Medpage, said in a Substack post critiquing the ACIP meeting agenda that the planned vote on thimerosal “revives and elevates a longstanding anti-vaccine conspiracy theory.”

“Removing the compound will do nothing to improve vaccine safety,” Faust wrote, “but it certainly will undermine confidence in other existing vaccines.”

Faust also criticized the CDC for failing to put a COVID-19 vaccine vote on the meeting agenda, writing that the move will leave “fall policies unclear.”

HHS officials last month removed the COVID-19 shot from the CDC’s recommended list of immunizations for healthy children and pregnant women after the FDA limited its COVID-19 vaccine approvals to high-risk groups and the elderly.

‘This could mark a turning point’

James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D. is president and CEO of the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge, an advocacy group that pushes for accuracy and integrity in science and for biomedical researchers to put people’s health before profits. He said the ACIP meeting agenda suggested that the CDC was making progress in “structure, balance, and transparency.”

“If public comment is taken seriously and if safety data are rigorously and honestly evaluated — then this could mark a turning point,” Lyons-Weiler said.

Lyons-Weiler said it’s also important that the CDC be “fully open” about its Evidence to Recommendations framework.

When ACIP makes a vaccine recommendation, it’s accompanied by what’s called an Evidence to Recommendations framework that describes the information the committee used in making its decision.

In the past, the CDC took shortcuts in showing this evidence, Lyons-Weiler said. He said he hopes the next ACIP meeting shows that the CDC is moving forward “with the full light of science, skepticism, and civic trust.”

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ACIP guidelines don’t address full scope of possible vaccine injuries

Historically, states use ACIP recommendations to help shape vaccine policy and doctors use them in making decisions.

Some states consider the ACIP’s “General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization,” which lists examples of contraindications and precautions for each vaccine, as the only acceptable authority when deciding whether to grant a child’s medical exemption request to a school-required vaccine.

However, ACIP’s list of contraindications isn’t exhaustive, according to attorney Sujata Gibson, who said:

“Right now, states like New York and California are overruling treating physicians and rejecting medical exemptions when they don’t see the condition listed in the ACIP best practices guideline as a contraindication or a precaution.

“But the guideline doesn’t provide an exhaustive list of all the reasons a child may be at risk of serious harm…. The way that New York, California and other states are treating these guidelines is reckless and dangerous, and children are being severely harmed as a result.”

In other words, it doesn’t matter how many doctors confirm that a particular child will likely be harmed by a certain vaccine, states like New York and California give medical exemptions only for conditions specified in ACIP’s guidelines.

The Defender reached out to the CDC to ask if the new ACIP committee will clarify that its guidance is not a substitute for clinical decision-making and should not be used as a standard for clinicians or schools in deciding whether to grant medical exemptions. The CDC did not respond by the deadline.

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Jun 182025
 

Manufacturing the Threat”   – –   What a widely-appropriate title!

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APPENDED #1     (Appended #2 is below – – chronology)

UNSENT EMAIL, 2023     RE:COUTTS

Hello Donald  Best,

My sincere appreciation to you and to Jason for all the energy and intelligence you bring to the issues that face Canadians right now.   Most importantly,  my appreciation for your humanity.

This film, “”Manufacturing The Threat“, is a gift for

Jaclyne Martin,  Jerry Morin, Chris Carbert, Anthony Olienick, and Christopher Lysak.  (Defendants at the Lethbridge Court House,  charges related to Coutts (Freedom Convoy).

The film is in the early stages of release.   With heart-depth gratitude to Amy Miller.

     2023-09-09  Manufacturing The Threat, Amy Miller filmmaker

Shining a light into the murky world of police infiltration, incitement, and agent provocateurs, Manufacturing The Threat shows how Canada’s policing and national security agencies, granted additional powers after 9/11, routinely break laws with little to no accountability or oversight.

For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary examines the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a deeply disturbing episode in Canadian history, when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying out a (INSERT / S:  an attempted – fake) terrorist bombing. Further, viewers learn that this case is far from unique in the context of Canadian intelligence.

When a young Muslim couple was arrested on Canada Day 2013, caught red-handed planting bombs at the Parliament buildings in Victoria, BC, the news was celebrated as a tour de force for Canada’s national security agencies. Citing the rising threat of Islamic terrorism, the Harper government went on to pass Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act.

However, media and government were relatively silent when the case against the Canada Day bombers fell apart. After the young couple, Omar Nuttall and Ana Korody, had spent three years in prison, they learned that they had been deceived by an elaborate agent provocateur operation managed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

‘Project Souvenir’ involved over 240 security service operatives, and culminated in their decision to plant fake bombs, constructed with the help of undercover agents, on the BC Parliament Grounds. The Canada Day Bombers had their charges thrown out, and their imprisonment was referred to as a “travesty of justice” by Judge Elizabeth Bennett.

(Check out the facebook page.  The film is showing in Victoria(?), etc.. 

And will be available for download from a documentary film site for $3 or $4.   This film is important.

Manufacturing the Threat

APPENDED #2    CHRONOLOGY   Some notes of mine

2025-06-16    Same happens with web page address as happened (below)    Dec 2018.  (valid link, BUT had to wait – – at first it showed as not good.)

Oct 24.  Amy sent video that she and Boban did.  On refugee problem in Ukraine.

Sept 2023.  I phoned & LeftMessage after receiving a facebook messenger message. (I use social media very little.)

Dec 2018.   Amy unsubscribed from my network.  I left a msg on her answering machine, to thank her for her work.

May 2009  I phoned and talked with Amy.


(Amy writing)

I self defended against 8 criminal charges stemming from political actions back in 2002-2004 and won and offered to help out.

I had also sent you information regarding my documentary and the 9 week cross Canada tour I was on with it, ‘Myths for Profit: Canada’s Role In Industries of War and Peace’ as I had hoped you would let people know about it on your listserve. I returned to Montreal late last night but I am obviously hoping that more people learn about the documentary. There is a 10 minute trailer on the website to give people a taste of it.
Hope you enjoy it and will consider passing on the word to people across Canada about this important critical documentary.
Thanks
Amy

 

Myths for Profit: Canada’s role in industries of War & Peace   (link IS valid)

Source: www.wideopenexposure…   (valid link, BUT had to wait – – at first it showed as not good.  Dec 2018)

We are pleased to announce the release of our first feature film documentary ‘Myths for Profit: Canada’s Role in Industries of War and Peace’.

Thu 11/09/2008

Best of luck to you at the court date tomorrow. I would like to be informed and know how to plug in with support and outreach.
In solidarity and struggle,
amy

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(TO:  Donald Best Online –  Jason Lavigne podcast)     Related to   Documentary  “Manufacturing The Threat”  (by Amy Miller)

I tried contacting Amy Miller today (2025-06-16).  A message on her phone says the phone only takes texts.   (I don’t have a cell phone.)

 

Amy’s company is  “Wide Open Exposures Productions”   http://www.wideopenexposure.com/M4P.php

IMPORTANT:  the link takes you to “the page doesn’t exist”.   BUT IT DOES EXIST!

I noticed a thin line at top of page.   Through that I got to the main headings of the website.   Then to more.    While I was preparing this email, still more downloaded.   (INCLUDING HER VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS.)

I had been worried that Amy was unable to continue her work.   I think she is still going.   When you see the extent of her work,  you will know.

It is getting evermore difficult to run my network and blog;  I decided long ago (before Ed Snowden) to continue as I had always been doing, in order to know what was the experience of the bulk of the population.  Also,  if it was possible to adapt, to find ways to adapt to the technology.

Thank-you for your defence of Helen Grus and all that you do.  God bless you!  You bless us all. /    Sandra Finley www.sandrafinley.ca

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From: Sandra Finley
Sent: June 16, 2025
Subject: RE: Documentary “Manufacturing The Threat”

 

On the same theme:

2012-05-19 TO: MP Blake Richards re his private member’s bill to make it a crime to wear a mask at protests. Remember Montebello, it was the police who wore the masks.

https://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=5392

 

/Sandra

Jun 182025
 

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Please sign up for their newsletter, if you are interested.  This   is  what I received via email for June 18, 2025.   I do not know how long I can continue what I’m doing.   Your best defense  to receiving their reports is to add your email address to their listserv.  It’s free.   Thanks.   /   Sandra

 

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NEW RESTRICTIONS

IDF Mandates Pre-Approval for Reporting Missile Strikes, Including on Social Media and Online Platforms

A new set of censorship rules issued by the Israel Defense Forces is raising alarms over media freedom and public transparency.

Brigadier-General Kobi Mandelblit, Israel’s chief censor, declared on Wednesday a mandate requiring prior approval for any reporting on where missiles or drones have struck, no matter the platform or location of publication.

According to the statement, “any person who prints or publishes printed matter or a publication regarding the location of a strike or hit by enemy war materiel, including missiles of any kind and UAVs, in the media or online (including social media, blogs and chats, etc.)” must now submit that material to the military censor for approval before it is released.

This directive applies to both domestic and international reporting, online and offline.

Mandelblit emphasized that he is also banning “the printing or publishing of any publication that has not been submitted to the Censor, or which has been submitted to him and his instructions have yet to be received or have been received and not adhered to.”

Framing the move as a matter of national security, he stated that violating the order is “liable to severely harm the security of the state,” and warned that offenders will be charged, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The sweeping nature of the restrictions, especially in a digital era where information spreads rapidly across borders, places significant power in the hands of military authorities to control narratives and limit the public’s access to real-time facts.

The breadth of the order effectively criminalizes independent reporting on attacks unless pre-approved by the state.

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NEW HEARING

FOIA Lawsuit Challenges FBI Over Withheld Records on Secret Twitter Meetings

A hearing took place today, before US District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch against the Department of Justice.

The case seeks records related to the “Twitter Files,” particularly those involving Hunter Biden’s laptop and allegations of censorship.

The only matter still pending is the FBI’s withholding of records detailing two meetings between agency officials and Twitter representatives from the Biden administration.

Judicial Watch initiated the lawsuit in April 2023, targeting the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The legal action followed the FBI’s failure to respond to a December 2022 FOIA request for communications between FBI personnel and key Twitter figures; including Yoel RothVijaya Gadde, and Jim Baker, from June 2020 to December 2022.

These individuals were involved in discussions about suppressing the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story, as disclosed in journalist Matt Taibbi’s December 2022 “Twitter Files.”

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, expressed strong disappointment: “It is frustrating beyond belief for Judicial Watch to have to go to federal court for basic information on Biden’s abuse of the FBI, using Twitter to censor and monitor Americans.”

Through a mix of FOIA requests and legal action, Judicial Watch continues to document extensive censorship efforts that affected tens of millions of Americans.

In November 2024, it obtained DHS records showing a widespread campaign, by both government and private groups, to police and suppress social media posts concerning election fraud in 2020.

Additional records from June 2024, released through Judicial Watch litigation, revealed that just before and after the 2020 election, state officials flagged alleged misinformation and sent it to entities like the Center for Internet Security, CISA, and the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP); a DHS-backed nonprofit known for targeting online election discourse.

In December 2023, DHS documents exposed coordination between CISA and the EIP to conduct “real-time narrative tracking” on major social media platforms in the run-up to the 2020 vote.

Similar records surfaced in November 2023, showing EIP’s influence over platforms such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reddit to suppress “disinformation.”

FREE SPEECH WIN

Federal Judge Orders UO to Pay $191K to PSU Professor Blocked for “All Men Are Created Equal” Comment

The University of Oregon is facing the financial consequences of an unconstitutional attempt to suppress speech after a federal judge ordered it to pay $191,000 in legal fees to Portland State University professor Bruce Gilley.

The order, issued by US District Judge John V. Acosta, follows a settlement reached in March 2025 in which the university acknowledged Gilley’s comments should not have been censored and agreed to implement major policy reforms.

The legal fees, which will be covered by UO’s insurer United Educators, include $147,070 awarded to the Institute for Free Speech (IFS) and $43,930 to the Angus Lee Law Firm.

These payments, combined with more than $533,000 that the university had already spent on its own legal representation by late 2024, push the cost of defending its actions to at least $724,000.

That figure excludes further expenses accrued since November.

These high costs are directly tied to UO’s decision to support its DEI officials after they blocked Gilley for replying “all men are created equal” to a university post on X.

This fee award reflects the substantial resources required to vindicate fundamental constitutional rights in the digital age, as well as the vigor with which the University of Oregon chose to defend unconstitutional policies,” said Del Kolde, IFS Senior Attorney.

“The university made a costly decision to prioritize DEI principles over constitutional principles, aggressively litigating this case for nearly three years rather than acknowledging the obvious, that blocking someone for quoting the Declaration of Independence violates the First Amendment.”

The conflict began in June 2022, when Gilley reposted a UO “racism interrupter” message and added the phrase from the Declaration of Independence.

After UO’s Division of Equity and Inclusion blocked him, Gilley challenged the move in court. A July 2024 preliminary injunction restricted the university from blocking or muting its posts, and the legal proceedings culminated in a settlement requiring the university to overhaul its social media practices.

Under the agreement, UO must now end viewpoint-based censorship, establish an appeals process for blocked users, provide annual First Amendment training to social media staff, and operate under court oversight for 180 days to ensure compliance.

POOR SECURITY

UK Fines 23andMe $3.1M Over Major Genetic Data Breach

A landmark £2.31 million ($3.1 million) fine has been issued against 23andMe by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), responding to a security failure that compromised the genetic and personal profiles of more than 155,000 UK users.

This penalty follows a separate settlement of $30 million reached in the United States after a broader data breach impacted millions more.

The breach stemmed from a credential stuffing attack in 2023, where cyber intruders used login details previously leaked in unrelated data breaches to infiltrate 23andMe’s systems.

Once inside, attackers accessed a wide array of intimate data, ranging from names and locations to racial background, health reports, and genealogical connections.

This method of attack has become increasingly widespread, exacerbated by lax password reuse and the rise of automated credential testing tools.

A joint probe by the UK and Canadian privacy authorities uncovered a troubling pattern of negligence.

Despite growing industry consensus around multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a baseline standard, 23andMe had not implemented it.

Investigators also flagged the company’s slow reaction to a massive login attempt targeting one million accounts in a single day during July 2023, a missed red flag that could have limited the scope of the breach.

UK Information Commissioner John Edwards criticized the firm’s lack of preventative action, stressing the uniquely permanent nature of genetic data. “The exposed information was profoundly damaging,” he said. “Unlike passwords or credit card numbers, this type of personal data cannot be changed or reissued once compromised.”

The ICO’s decision to impose the maximum allowable fine reflects the seriousness of 23andMe’s security lapses.

It also signals a broader shift in regulatory posture, as UK data authorities bolster oversight of biometric and genetic data.

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Jun 162025
 

ICE =  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The interview is on Dr Phil’s website:

1,285,894 views Premiered Jun 9, 2025 UNITED STATES

Dr. Phil sits down with Tom Homan to break down a major ICE-led operation in Los Angeles that led to 41 arrests. With agencies like the FBI, IRS, and DEA involved, the raid uncovered possible forced labor, hidden workers, and financial crimes. What really happened—and what does it mean for immigration enforcement nationwide?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zs4nDycNhI

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WHO IS TOM HOMAN?  . . . I found this:

Press Release

White House ‘Border Czar’ Thomas Homan Visits USAO-DC

For Immediate Release

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia

WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. welcomed White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Thomas Homan, on April 16, 2025, to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

           “The U.S. Attorney’s Office was honored to welcome Executive Associate Director Homan to our space,” said U.S. Attorney Martin. “We had a productive conversation, he had the opportunity to brief our staff and take their questions, and it was great to have him here.”

Executive Associate Director Homan met today with members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office to discuss immigration issues, crime, and President Donald J. Trump’s “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia handles a wide variety of federal crimes that include those committed by members of violent transnational criminal enterprises. For more information on the office and its work, go to https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc.

Jun 092025
 

Agency Capture

Breaking: RFK Jr. Removes All Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced late today that he is retiring all 17 members of the CDC vaccine advisory committee. “A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy wrote in an op-ed published today in The Wall Street Journal.

cdc logo and vaccine bottle

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced late today that the HHS is retiring all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory committee.

Kennedy announced the move in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. “Today, we are taking a bold step in restoring public trust by totally reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP),” he wrote.

Kennedy noted that some of the current ACIP members were appointed in the final moments of the Biden administration. “Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028,” he wrote.

The ACIP committee is responsible for shaping U.S. vaccine policy by issuing recommendations that become official CDC policy once adopted by the CDC director.

ACIP is described as an independent, nonfederal expert body of professionals with clinical, scientific and public health expertise.

The committee decides which vaccines should be recommended to the public, who should take them and how often — recommendations the CDC typically rubber stamps.

However, most members have financial ties to pharmaceutical companies marketing vaccines, or have worked with public health agencies to promote controversial vaccines, including the COVID-19, RSV and HPV shots.

These problems have plagued the committee for decades. A 2000 investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives found that enforcement of conflict-of-interest rules was “weak-to-nonexistent.” A 2009 HHS inspector-general report made similar findings, Kennedy wrote.

Investigations by The Defender in 2021 and 2024 also found that most committee members had direct ties to pharmaceutical companies.

Kennedy wrote that the committee has “never recommended against a vaccine — even those later withdrawn for safety reasons. He said the committee has failed to “adequately scrutinize” vaccines for babies and pregnant women.

“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy wrote. “In the 1960s, the world sought guidance from America’s health regulators, who had a reputation for integrity, scientific impartiality and zealous defense of patient welfare. Public trust has since collapsed, but we will earn it back. “

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According to an HHS press release, 13 of the 17 sitting ACIP members were appointed in 2024. The release stated, “The prior administration made a concerted effort to lock in public health ideology and limit the incoming administration’s ability to take the proper actions to restore public trust in vaccines.”

STAT News also reported at the time that the appointments were a move by the Biden administration to stack the committee, intended to “insulate the scientific integrity of the panel from the incoming administration.”

ACIP’s next meeting is scheduled for June 25-June 27 at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, the press release said.

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Jun 092025
 

The previous Selection was    2025-05-31 For Your Selection JUNE #2,  2025

– – – – – – –

1.   2025-06-09 RFK Jr. Removes All Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee

An important posting not everyone received;   2.        2025-06-06 Simpsonwood. CHD.

3.   2025-05- Interview of Dr. Andrew Wakefield. CHD

4.   2025-05-29 Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. Step In to Save B.C. Ostriches

5.    025-04-29 Charter Rights: Ontario backs down, admits that roadside billboard does not promote hatred

 

/Sandra

Jun 072025
 

CHD (Children’s Health Defense)  exposes what happened behind closed doors at the secret Simpsonwood meeting in June of 2000, where CDC, FDA, WHO and pharma officials reviewed explosive data linking vaccines with autism and neurological damage… and then buried it.

That’s what’s going on, still – – The Autism Cover-Up.

PERHAPS it is not as bad in Canada, as it is in the USA??   Who knows?   . . .  research that is not “bought-and-paid-for”   is blocked.   

Canadians have to receive the information they need, in order to assess the situation.  The Government nor mainstream media is going to do that FOR us.   Through the information in “Simpsonwood” you will come to know more of the depths in North America.

 

ADDED  July 14/25:  I did not realize how connected the THALIDOMIDE STORY is to the COVID VACCINE story.   See Wikipedia,  the THALIDOMIDE SCANDAL.    Theresa Tam,  Bonnie Henry,  Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, . . .

(Suggest:  enlarge the video)

 (INSERT:  Sandra speaking:

You may not have time for everything in the Simpsonwood collection of videos.  A couple suggestions that come to mind:

      • scroll for the Dr. Pierre Kory interview  at  7:58:43
      • Near the end, around the 8:44:00  marker,  and running for about 15 minutes,  look for “The Unseen Severe Autism”.
    • Re:  Autism spectrum disorder – – Cases fall into 3 categories (mild, medium, severe).   RFK Jr described what life is like for people AND their families in the SEVERE autism  category which is 25% of the cases.   Kennedy clearly said that  the description applies to the SEVERE category.  He was mocked and ridiculed for his statement.  He does an excellent job of rebuttal, short and to the point.
    • People should know.  Remember  – – The drug thalidomide was first marketed in 1957 for pregnant women who were experiencing morning sickness.    Tax payers are NOT YET finished helping to pay for damages from that fiasco.  The child and the family of the child are NEVER finished paying.

“Simpsonwood” (video above) was released officially June 6th, 2025.     It’s amazing and has tremendous potential for preventing tragedies in the name of greed,  if we get the video to enough people.   Everything, every angle in one package – – many different voices.    It will be too many hours of watching for some people.

People associated with the  Least Damaged end of the autism spectrum denounce Kennedy.   Perhaps there is participation from the vaccine-promoters in fanning public outrage.   Never mind.  Kennedy’s (CHD’s) rebuttal is calm and excellent.   – –   Level 3 (25%) – – the UNSEEN, SEVERE autism.

        • Near the end, around the 8:44:00  marker,  and running for about 15 minutes,  look for “The Unseen Severe Autism”.
SOME people will be mystified:    WHY in God’s name do some families KEEP their Unseen, Severely Autistic child with them in their home?
TRY THIS – – my postulation – –

SOME people will be mystified:    WHY in God’s name do some families KEEP their Unseen, Severely Autistic child with them in their home?

TRY THIS – – my postulation – –

Often there are family pictures of the bright-eyed, sweet child taken BEFORE they received the vaccinations.  Maybe,  to those who love the child,  they will always be the sweetheart they were, BEFORE the injection destroyed them AND their family.

There is also a deep guilt, definitely, in many parents of vaccine-injured children.  THEY took the child for the shots. – – –  Their job is to PROTECT the child.   What an agony to live with,  to reconcile to – – you are responsible for this tragedy.  I don’t believe they are.  But that parent is going to stand by the child,  chained.

Near the end of Simpsonwood, around the 8:44:00  marker,  and running for about 15 minutes,  look for “The Unseen Severe Autism”.

WHO ARE  THE WOMEN AND MEN BEHIND CHD, behind  VCC (Canadian), BEHIND “Mom’s Across America”, and the Multitude of other Organizations that are going to put an end to this violence against children?    . . .    if you listen long enough, you will learn that most of them are themselves the parent of a vaccine-injured child.  They are stalwarts, determined that others will not experience their experience.   Once in a while you will glimpse a deep sadness;  Don’t be afraid to watch – – the videos are well edited.   It is MORE scary if we don’t get what’s happening stopped.

I think we’re in a time where,  if we push hard,  we can actually stop this significant poisoning of children.   What we’re doing is so wrong and so stupid.  So muted and covered up.  RFK Jr is our best hope.  He has a remarkable intelligence and drive.

IMHO:  without Trump, RFK Jr and CHD could not be doing what they are doing, which is phenomenal.   Like the Simpsonwood  project.   

Beware the propaganda.   You can imagine the FINANCIAL INTERESTS that are out to bury all threats to their continuing revenues and control.

I engaged a young couple with a blue-eyed little boy in conversation.  I asked if they did vaccinations.   Long and short:   they were from Germany.  I understood them to say (translation was difficult):   there is only ONE vaccination in their childhood schedule.

Interviews & Segments  of the video

Mary Holland

Mary Holland, Esq.

CEO of Children’s Health Defense, Autism Mom

James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D.

James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D.

Scientist, CEO of Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge

Suzanne Humphries

Dr. Suzanne Humphries

Medical Doctor

Polly Tommey

Polly Tommey

CHD.TV Program Director, Director & Founder of The Autism Trust, VAXXED Series, Autism Mom

Pierre Kory, M.D.

Pierre Kory, M.D.

Medical Doctor

Dr. Brian Hooker, Ph.D.

Brian Hooker, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer of Children’s Health Defense, Autism Dad

Barbara Loe Fisher

Barbara Loe Fisher

Founder of National Vaccine Information Center

Dr. Bernie Rimland

Dr. Bernie Rimland

Psychologist and Author

Dr. Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Wakefield, M.D.

Medical Doctor

Wayne Rohde

Wayne Rohde

Autism Dad and Author

Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN

Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN

Coalition for SafeMinds, National Autism Association

Sallie Bernard

Sallie Bernard

James Kirk Bernard Foundation

Mark Blaxill

Mark Blaxill

Autism Dad and Author

Beth Clay

Beth Clay

Executive Director of the International Chiropractors Association

Terry Poling

Terry Poling

Autism Mom, Hannah Poling’s Mom

Jon Poling

Jon Poling

Autism Dad, Hannah Poling’s Father

Sharyl Attkisson

Sharyl Attkisson

Reporter

Tia Severino

Tia Severino

Independent Journalist

Why Simpsonwood?

Twenty-five years ago, on June 7-8, 2000, 52 public health officials, scientists, and vaccine manufacturer representatives gathered secretly at the Simpsonwood Retreat in Norcross, Georgia, under strict CDC orders to keep all vaccine safety data “embargoed.” This clandestine meeting, unannounced to the public, included top CDC and FDA officials, the World Health Organization’s vaccine specialist, and executives from GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Wyeth, and Aventis Pasteur, who discussed alarming findings about thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in vaccines. CDC epidemiologist Thomas Verstraeten revealed his analysis of 100,000 children’s medical records, showing a dramatic link between thimerosal and autism, speech delays, and other neurological disorders, leaving attendees stunned.

The leaked Simpsonwood transcripts exposed a cozy government-industry relationship determined to hide this data, as attendees were barred from taking documents or photocopies. Doctors like Bill Weil and Richard Johnston voiced fears, with Johnston refusing thimerosal vaccines for his newborn grandson. Since 1991, when thimerosal-laced vaccines were recommended for infants, autism rates skyrocketed from 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 166 by 2000, and now 1 in 31 today. Public health agencies sidestep these causes, focusing instead on inclusivity and diagnostics. Tune in to uncover the truth behind this coverup and its lasting impact on the autism crisis.

Don’t miss this revealing exposé. Tune in to learn the hidden truths of Simpsonwood!

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May 23, 2023

The Simpsonwood Scandal With Dr. Andrew Wakefield

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Jun 8, 2023

GOVERNMENT COVER-UP: The MMR Vaccine, Autism, and the Truth the CDC Tried to Bury

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Jun 8, 2023

The Simpsonwood Meeting: 23 Years Later

 

 

 

 

Jun 062025
 

(Sandra speaking)    See May 8, 2025 › article also by Brenda Baletti on CHD.  The link is at the bottom of this posting.  Title:   Media Slam NIH for Axing ‘Safe to Sleep’ Campaign — But Evidence Shows the Program Never Reduced SIDS Deaths.

The whole “Safe to Sleep Campaign” is a spoof.  Some of it made me laugh.  It could be satire but it’s very real.  . . .  You’re staking your reputation on THIS?   COMMON SENSE must have evaporated along with the water.

In the on-line comments on this article,  some people were slamming the police.  BUT  Product Safety is not the job of the Police,  UNLESS the product has caused death. Detective Sgt Helen Grus in Ottawa, Canada is currently being disciplined for starting an investigation into 7 (or maybe it was 9) SIDS cases during the covid years. If crowd funding did not exist, Helen Grus would be buried by the debt from the legal battle of defending herself.

Thank goodness Brenda Baletti addresses the SIDS topic. Thank goodness for CHD and Bobby Kennedy. Thank goodness for the generosity of Americans – – so many – – sharing information and fighting like hell for truth and justice.  I would like you to know that we’re in the trenches beside you.  Brenda Baletti’s reporting is valuable, for example, for court cases in Canada.  

In the beginning, we weren’t winning the cases.   By now,  the Tide is Turning – – clearly.  Information is getting into the hands of the public,

Tourists come to the community where I live.   The word “films” floated from a group of 4 Americans.   I happened to have the film “1971” with me (which I’ll tell you about another time).   The Americans were very interested.  I asked them if they knew of “The Simpsonwood Meeting“?, a film I had watched that very day.  New.   Oooh!   that was a great conversation piece,  not planned,  fun (and not fun),  I couldn’t stay long.  These people were movie buffs.   I am quite sure they are going to follow-up on finding these 2 films.

/Sandra

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By Brenda Baletti

2025-06-06 Their Babies Died Suddenly in Their Sleep. Police Are Charging the Parents With Felonies for Not Placing Infants on Their Backs. Brenda Baletti, CHD

Pennsylvania authorities brought felony charges against the parents of two different babies after police said the infants died because the parents placed them in unsafe sleeping positions, SpotlightPA reported. The deaths were ruled accidental, but police allege the parents failed to follow “Safe to Sleep” guidance, which states that babies should be put to sleep on their backs.

(INSERT:  June 9th, 2025:   there’s an UPDATE from CHD TV re  “The 18-month-old Twins”.  Those parents have been grilled by police, also, under suspicion of killing their twins.  They STILL have not been absolved of guilt.)

 

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Parents of two different babies are being charged with felonies in Pennsylvania after police say their babies died because the parents placed them in unsafe sleeping positions, SpotlightPA reported.

In both cases, police allege that the parents failed to follow guidance, including handouts given to them at doctor’s visits, stating that babies should be put to sleep on their backs.

Gina and David Strause of Lebanon County are accused of putting their 3-month-old infant son, Gavin, to sleep on his stomach and allowing him to sleep with stuffed animals in the crib.

They are charged with involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person, and endangering the welfare of children.

Natalee Rasmus of Luzerne County is accused of putting her 1-month-old daughter, Avaya Jade Rasmus-Alberto, to sleep on her stomach on a boppy pillow, often used for nursing. She is charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children.

Rasmus was a 17-year-old mother when her daughter died in 2022. Court records show that she continues to be held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with bail set at $25,000 pending resolution of her case.

In both cases, autopsies concluded the babies died of accidental death from asphyxiation. Law enforcement argued in both cases that parents should have known that putting the babies to sleep on their stomachs was unsafe, because they had received paperwork at wellness visits informing them of safe sleeping practices.

They pointed to signed acknowledgements in the babies’ medical records that were created as part of a 2010 state law to educate parents about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

The law requires hospitals, birthing centers and medical providers to give parents educational materials from the national Safe to Sleep campaign, and ask them to certify that they received them.

Signing the statement is voluntary. The statement doesn’t indicate that parents can be charged with a criminal offense if they don’t follow the campaign advice.

Advocates from national organizations that educate parents about safe sleep practices found the charges shocking. Nancy Maruyama, the executive director of Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois told Spotlight PA, “To charge them criminally is a crime, because they have already suffered the worst loss.”

Alison Jacobson, executive director of First Candle, a nonprofit that also educates parents about safe sleep practices, told Pennlive, “There is no law against placing a baby on his or her stomach to sleep. How they can charge this family with involuntary manslaughter is completely baffling to me.”

Researcher Neil Z. Miller, an expert on SIDS and the Safe to Sleep campaign, told The Defender, “Parents of a sleeping baby who dies in the middle of the night should never be charged with murder. That’s just cruel.”

Miller, author of “Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?” added:

“Should parents be obligated to follow every ‘recommendation’ made by their doctor or the Safe to Sleep campaign? Would we as a society prefer that doctors raise our babies instead of the parents? Have other possible causes of death been considered, such as vaccinations? As a society, we can, and must, do much better.”

Does placing infants on their backs make a difference? 

The handouts shared with new Pennsylvania parents are based on the National Institutes of Health “Safe to Sleep” campaign, which institutionalized a program initiated by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1992 to inform parents to put children to sleep on their backs rather than on their stomachs.

The campaign is based on the premise that babies who sleep on their backs or sides are less likely to die in their sleep. Until that time, it was common for babies to sleep on their stomachs.

The program was launched in the wake of a rising number of SIDS deaths — and growing concern among some parents that the deaths were linked to vaccination.

In a 2021 article in the peer-reviewed journal Toxicology Reports, vaccine researcher Neil Z. Miller provides a history of the SIDS diagnosis, noting that the rise of SIDS coincided with the first mass immunization campaigns.

Between 1992, when the Safe to Sleep program launched, and 2001, SIDS deaths reportedly declined a whopping 55% — a number touted in articles celebrating the program, making it appear that babies sleeping on their stomachs was the cause of SIDS, not vaccines.

However, at the same time deaths from SIDS decreased, the rate of mortality from “suffocation in bed,” “suffocation other,” “unknown and unspecified causes,” and “intent unknown” all increased significantly.

Why? The classification system had changed. SIDS deaths were being reclassified by medical certifiers, usually coroners, as one of the other similar categories, not SIDS.

Research published in the journal Pediatrics, the AAP’s flagship journal, concluded that deaths previously certified as SIDs were simply being certified as other non-SIDS causes, such as suffocation — but the deaths were still essentially SIDS deaths.

That change in classification accounted for more than 90% of the drop in SIDS rates.

The Pediatrics paper showed no decline in overall postneonatal mortality after the Safe to Sleep campaign was launched, despite the program’s — and the AAP’s — claims to the contrary.

Others verified the Pediatrics paper’s findings, and the trend continued, as reported by multiple studies in top journals. Miller reported that, for example, “From 1999 through 2015, the U.S. SIDS rate declined 35.8% while infant deaths due to accidental suffocation increased 183.8%.”

Research shows that almost 80% of SIDS deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) happen within seven days of vaccination.

Theories linking vaccines to SIDS suggest that, in some cases, underdeveloped liver enzyme pathways may make it harder for some infants to process toxic ingredients in vaccines. Others argue that other, multiple, complex factors can make some infants vulnerable to toxic ingredients in vaccines.

Baby Gavin was ‘a dream come true’

On April 30, Gina and David Strause were charged with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years, and other lesser charges in the death of their son Gavin.

According to the police report, Gina found her son unresponsive, cold and blue in his crib when she woke up to feed him on the morning of May 8, 2024. She immediately called 911 and performed CPR until the police arrived.

The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. The autopsy report found the cause of death to be “complications of asphyxia.”

Police said they observed loose items in the crib, “such as blankets and stuffed animals.”

Gina said that after feeding her baby at about 11:30 the night before he died, she placed him in his crib on his belly, because he was a “belly sleeper,” and covered him with a blanket. She said that she had received the recommendation that he should sleep on his back, but that he preferred to sleep on his stomach.

In an interview with Pennlive, Gina said that she typically put Gavin to sleep on his back, but he had gotten into the daily habit of rolling onto his belly.

Davis Stause told police that when he left for work at 5:30 am, he checked on Gavin, who was sleeping on his stomach and moving around a little bit. David said he “patted his butt” to put him back to sleep.

The police reported that they also obtained medical records from birth through death that showed that on the discharge paperwork that the parents received information about safe sleep practices, which included putting the baby on its back, having it sleep in the same room as the parents, and keeping the crib clear of bumper pads and stuffed animals.

They said this paperwork explained how parents could create a safe sleeping environment for their babies to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Baby Gavin also went to the pediatrician for well-child visits on Feb. 7 and 14, March 5 and April 9, a month before he died.

Gina told Pennlive that Gavin, who was born when she was almost 40, was “a dream come true.” She had taken 10 weeks of maternity leave and largely worked at home to spend as much time with him as possible. She said that after she gave birth, she was “overwhelmed” and didn’t remember receiving any paperwork or instructions about sleep.

Gina also said that at the hospital, police treated her and her husband with immediate suspicion, separating and questioning them. They were not allowed to see their baby again before he was taken by the coroner’s office.

The parents created a GoFundMe page, where they shared a copy of the police report, to help cover their legal costs, because they said they do not qualify for a public defender.

The Defender attempted to contact the parents to inquire about the baby’s overall health, if he had any medical conditions, was born prematurely or had recently received any vaccines, but the parents did not respond by deadline.

The district attorney’s office also did not respond to requests for comment.

‘Tragic accident with no criminal intent to harm or kill the baby’

The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy for Natalee Rasmus’ baby listed the cause of death as accidental. According to the report, the baby died from asphyxiation, the Times Leader reported.

Rasmus discovered her baby had died on the morning of Oct. 23, 2022, when she picked her up to get her ready for a doctor’s appointment.

Pennsylvania State Police in December charged Rasmus, alleging that she placed her baby face down to sleep against the recommendations of medical personnel and prenatal classes at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

At a preliminary hearing on the case in February, a state trooper testified that Rasmus ignored safe sleeping practices because she had placed her baby face down in her bassinet with a Boppy pillow, which has a tag warning, “Do not use for sleeping.”

The trooper, Caroline Rayeski, also testified that a search of Rasmus’ cellphone found that she had searched the internet to see whether it was ok to allow newborns to sleep on their stomachs. The trooper also seized literature from the prenatal classes stating it is “recommended” to put newborns to sleep on their backs.

“Yeah, she wouldn’t sleep, she’ll just scream, so she has to be like propped up,” Rasmus told the investigating officer, according to Spotlight PA, which reported the story.

Assistant attorneys argued in a preliminary hearing that she disregarded safe sleeping practices, and a judge forwarded the criminal case to county court.

Rasmus is being represented by public defenders Joseph Yeager and Melissa Ann Sulima, who told the Times Leader the baby’s death was “a tragic accident with no criminal intent to harm or kill the baby.”

Yeager said the prenatal literature referring to newborn sleep positions are “recommendations,” not mandates.

“As the death certificate says, it was an accident. Clearly, there was no malice in this accidental death,” said Yeager, who also said the case should be dismissed.

Rasmus’ most serious charge, third-degree murder, is a homicide that involves killing someone without intent to kill, but with reckless disregard for human life. In Pennsylvania, it can carry a prison sentence of up to 40 years.

Court documents indicate that Rasmus remains in jail with a $25,000 bail, pending the outcome of her case. Neither the district attorney nor Rasmus’ attorneys responded to The Defender’s request for comment.

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How common is it to bring criminal charges against parents in infant deaths?

Attorney Daniel Nevins told SpotlightPA said it is extremely rare for parents to be criminally charged when infants die after sleeping on their stomachs, and that the burden of proof on the prosecutors will be high.

In 2014, Virginia resident Candice Christa Semidey, age 25, was charged with murder after she swaddled her baby and put it to sleep on its stomach, The Washington Post reported. In that case, police similarly did not think that she intended for the baby to die.

She pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child neglect. She was ordered to serve three years of probation to avoid the five-year prison term she was sentenced to.

Some charges have also been brought against parents in deaths of infants sleeping with Boppy pillows. There have also been several cases of parents charged for sleeping in the same bed as their child.

The Defender recently reported on three SIDS deaths that occurred shortly after vaccination. Police are still investigating the parents of 18-month-old twins who died together a week after receiving three vaccines. Authorities have not yet charged the parents, but initially said they were investigating the deaths as homicides.

Blessings Myrical Jean Simmons, age 6 months, received six routine vaccines at a well-baby visit on Jan. 13. The next morning, her parents found the baby dead in her bassinet. The autopsy SIDS as the infant’s cause of death, and no charges were filed against the parents.

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