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A good analysis of five ways that RFK could undermine vaccines and seriously risk public health (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/health/rfk-jr-vaccines-hhs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.HiIB.xkvxWcjWmAIG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

The one I’d never thought of is weakening legal protections for vaccine manufacturers. It’d require congressional approval, but lawsuits, even frivolous ones, could make vaccine makers say hey we don’t need to be in this business

(this highlights, of course, our big dilemma: the way huge for-profit pharma companies play such a crucial role in public health)