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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- RFK Jr. Taps 8 New ACIP Members, Offit Concedes Most ‘Seem Reasonable’
- RFK Jr.’s ‘Clean Sweep’ of CDC Vaccine Advisers Draws Mix of High Praise, Harsh Criticism
- Breaking: RFK Jr. Removes All Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
- Biden Administration Stacked Key Vaccine Review Committee With Pro-vaxxers
- 9 New ‘Independent’ Advisers to CDC Publicly Promoted Vaccines or Took Money From Pharma — or Both
“Manufacturing the Threat” – – What a widely-appropriate title!
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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
Reclaim the Net is from the UK. I have followed them for years, because of their great work . . .
you value free speech and privacy. Each issue we publish is a commitment to defend these critical rights, providing insights and actionable information to protect and promote liberty in the digital age
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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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:
White House ‘Border Czar’ Thomas Homan Visits USAO-DC
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.
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.
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.
Related Articles in The Defender:
The previous Selection was 2025-05-31 For Your Selection JUNE #2, 2025
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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
/Sandra
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, . . .
(INSERT: Sandra speaking:
You may not have time for everything in the Simpsonwood collection of videos. A couple suggestions that come to mind:
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- 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.
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“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.
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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.
Interviews & Segments of the video
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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