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Half of U.S. has hepatitis B? Media’s go-to vaccine expert gets fact-checked for puzzling interview

One of the most media-savvy vaccine advocates in the U.S., perhaps second only to record-breaking federal pensioner Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, has allegedly been caught falsely claiming he was not invited to address a federal vaccine advisory panel’s recent meeting and spreading wildly inflated numbers on hepatitis B infections, a subject of the meeting.

The perceived gotcha on Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia but also a skeptic of COVID-19 boosters for healthy young people, prompted critics to flag other instances in which Offit allegedly refused to engage and to pick apart his media appearances and choice of venues, such as entertainment-focused TMZ.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials “repeatedly” contacted Offit to present at its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ meeting last week, “via emails, phone calls and a speaker-request form,” physician-turned-investigative journalist Maryanne Demasi wrote this week, contradicting Offit’s claim to CNN on Dec. 5 on day two of ACIP’s meeting.

“I actually wasn’t invited to present at today’s meeting” but rather invited in October “to speak about vaccines to this group,” Offit told the host in the 9-minute interview when she asked why he declined to speak. (He has appeared on CNN several times this year.)

Offit then tried to redirect the conversation toward how ACIP had become an “anti-vaccine advisory committee” that threatens children’s health by no longer recommending COVID vaccines by default. He didn’t elaborate on how young children “clearly … benefit” from COVID vaccination, given their near-nil risk of serious harm from the virus. 

When the host pressed Offit to clarify what he thought the October invitation meant, he said he received a “vague recommendation to come speak to us” but not to speak “about this subject” – hepatitis B vaccination, whose recommendations ACIP changed later that day to wait two months to vaccinate newborns whose mothers test negative for the virus.

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FDA Set to Give COVID Vaccines Serious ‘Black Box’ Designation: Report

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly preparing to place a serious “black box” warning on COVID-19 vaccines, according to a CNN report citing people familiar with the agency’s plans.

A black box warning is the most serious safety designation the FDA can require — appearing in bold at the top of a drug or vaccine’s prescribing information to alert doctors and patients to potentially serious risks.

According to CNN, the FDA’s proposed action would highlight major risks such as serious side effects and usage restrictions that should be weighed against benefits before administering the shots.

The report says two people familiar with the agency’s internal planning confirmed the intention to add the warning, though the plan has not yet been finalized and could change before it is publicly announced.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s chief medical and scientific officer and head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is said to be leading the review of the COVID vaccine warning label.

CNN’s account indicates that officials are still determining whether the black box warning would apply to all COVID vaccines, only mRNA-based shots from manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna, or specific age groups.

The warning is expected to be unveiled before the end of 2025, though agency officials have not publicly confirmed plans.

Black box warnings are typically reserved for medicines with evidence of serious or potentially life-threatening adverse reactions that must be clearly communicated to providers and patients.

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Health Canada says drag performances promote science and vaccination

What began as a routine Access to Information request quickly spiralled into something stranger and more wasteful than expected.

When Health Canada was asked for all invoices tied to Public Service Pride Week 2025, their response seemed straightforward on the surface. A hundred dollars for rainbow lanyards, another hundred for intersex-inclusive progress flag sticks, a $560 charge to raise and lower a flag, and over $800 for another flag-raising ceremony.

But buried in the paperwork was something far more revealing.

Invoices show that Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions, a Carney-adjacent facilities management giant, billed taxpayers $1,550 plus HST just to raise a Pride flag on August 14. Then take it down for a Truth & Reconciliation flag on September 27. Then take it down again on October 16 — complete with new anchors and eyebolts for next year.

The revolving door of symbolic flag choreography, all at the taxpayers’ expense, was becoming clear.

Even more striking was Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s choice of “science outreach.” During federal service Pride Week, the agencies quietly hired a group called Science is a Drag™ — yes, that is a real trademark. According to invoices, the troupe cost taxpayers over $2,500. Their pitch? To use drag performances to promote ‘science literacy and public health.’

Health Canada’s justification reads like a government committee’s fever dream: drag “aligns with the mandates of Health Canada and PHAC by using performance as an innovative, culturally relevant way to promote science literacy.” In practice, this meant federal employees were invited to a glitter-powered show discussing mental health, STI prevention, and vaccination — delivered by cross-dressing performers in sequins and six-inch heels.

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RFK Jr. announces that the total elimination of mercury in all US vaccines is official and calls on all global health authorities to follow suit

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has confirmed the definitive elimination of thimerosal –a neurotoxic mercury-based preservative– from all vaccines distributed in the country.

This measure, signed on July 23 but now fully implemented, marks the end of an era of negligence driven by leftist lobbies that prioritized profits over the bodily sovereignty of Americans.

The decision adopts the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the CDC, which Kennedy reformed to include independent experts instead of bureaucrats aligned with Big Pharma.

Since 2001, thimerosal had already been removed from the majority of childhood vaccines, but it persisted in 5% of multidose flu vaccines, unnecessarily exposing children, pregnant women, and adults to ethylmercury, a compound that crosses the blood-brain barrier and accumulates in the brain for years.

«Injecting any amount of mercury into children when safe and mercury-free alternatives exist defies common sense and public health responsibility,» Kennedy declared in his official statement.

Kennedy, a staunch defender of medical freedom and critic of progressive policies that silenced debates on vaccines, celebrated the advance in an exclusive video: «After more than two decades of delay, this action fulfills a long-awaited promise to protect our most vulnerable populations from unnecessary exposure to mercury.»

Previously, we had reported it in Gateway Hispanic in our coverage of RFK’s reforms at the CDC.

Kennedy’s announcement restores confidence in the health system –eroded by scandals like those of the CDC under Democratic administrations–, and also exposes the globalist agenda that ignored studies like Burbacher’s, which proves the cerebral toxicity of ethylmercury.

Vaccine manufacturers, including giants like Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), have publicly confirmed their ability to immediately transition to thimerosal-free formulas, using single-dose vials or multidose vials with alternative preservatives like 2-phenoxyethanol, without generating shortages in supply.

This guarantee, backed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ensures that the Vaccines for Children program –which provides free injections to low-income families– and adult doses remain uninterrupted during the 2025-2026 flu season.

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Infant dies after routine shots; mom warns ‘Don’t blindly follow the CDC schedule’

Four-month-old Josette “Josie” Petrone received six vaccines during a standard 4-month well visit on Aug. 19. Two days later, she was found unresponsive after an afternoon nap and later died at Nemours Children’s Hospital, where she remained on life support for three days. The official cause of death is still listed as pending, with state officials awaiting autopsy results. Her pediatrician filed a VAERS report.

Following the shots, her parents reported unusual irritability and refusal to nurse — symptoms not typical for her. On Aug. 21, a family nanny discovered the infant not breathing. Emergency responders restored a pulse, but she never regained consciousness.

The vaccines administered included the RSV monoclonal antibody shot along with DTaP, Hib, pneumococcal, rotavirus and polio vaccines.

In the days that followed, the family said they were surprised by how quickly officials pointed to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Josie’s father, a paramedic, questioned that conclusion and said the explanation was inconsistent with the physical findings.

“It doesn’t matter if Josie was found on her belly, her head was found to the side where her airway was unobstructed. There were no pillows nearby. There were no blankets.”
— Ryan Petrone

Petrone also said he was told the state rarely performs the specialized testing needed to determine whether vaccines contributed to a child’s death. According to him, officials indicated that the additional analysis is cost-prohibitive.

“It’s a funding thing. They should be trying to find out everything they can as the cause of death of a child. And the fact that they’re refusing to do that is just unreal to me.”
— Ryan Petrone

The parents are preserving tissue samples for an independent autopsy, which they plan to use in a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program claim. They also noted research on PubMed showing a high percentage of SIDS cases occurring shortly after infant vaccinations — 58% within three days and 78.3% within seven days —and said the timeline surrounding Josie’s death raised serious questions for them.

The full CHD report includes additional details and the family’s on-camera interview.

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Exposing the vaccine industry: How corruption, fraud and coercion endanger public health

In a damning exposé, lawyer Aaron Siri’s book “Vaccines, Amen: The Religion of Vaccines” reveals how the American public has been systematically deceived by institutions they were taught to trust—namely, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical giants. Through meticulous legal battles, Siri uncovers a web of corruption, scientific misconduct and outright fraud that has allowed unsafe vaccines to flood the market while silencing dissenters.

The dogma of vaccines: Faith over science

Vaccines have been elevated to near-religious status, with proponents demanding blind faith rather than critical scrutiny. As Siri explains, people say they “believe in vaccines” without examining the data—because the data, when scrutinized, often doesn’t support the industry’s claims. Instead, vaccine advocates rely on flawed studies, industry-funded research and outright deception to push their agenda.

One of the most shocking revelations is the lack of placebo-controlled trials for childhood vaccines. Despite claims from figures like Dr. Paul Offit—who insists all vaccines undergo rigorous placebo testing—Siri proves that not a single vaccine on the CDC’s childhood schedule was approved based on such trials. Instead, new vaccines are compared to older ones, masking their true risks. This is akin to declaring cigarettes safe because they’re no worse than cigars.

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The Five Big Lies of Vaccinology

People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it. 

― Walter Langer

On November 19, 2025, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article entitled “Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine.” This article purportedly reviewed the results of Pfizer’s Phase 3 clinical trials testing its experimental, mRNA-based, gene therapy injections for Influenza, which Pfizer presents as an alternative to traditional Influenza vaccines.

Two weeks later, on December 5, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8-3 to end the recommendation in the CDC’s pediatric vaccine schedule that all American children receive the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccine at birth. This recommendation would bring the CDC’s HBV vaccine recommendations closer to those in numerous other developed nations, countries that have both better overall pediatric health than the United States and no surplus pediatric HBV deaths.

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HS Senior Escorted from School for Following Doctors’ Orders and Skipping Vaccine Booster

A high school senior in a western New York school has been banned because she did not get a vaccine booster that causes her to have serious side effects.

Depew High School senior Kayci Rae was escorted out of school on Oct. 16 because she did not get a meningitis booster shot, according to WKBW-TV.

“I just sit and scroll, there’s really not much else I could do,” she said. “It’s more emotional with it being my senior year. I feel like I’m shunned from Depew.

“They wouldn’t let me say goodbye to teachers, they wouldn’t let me go into the classroom,” Rae said. “I was in tears. It was hard, it was truly devastating, honestly.”

She is now in limbo, because the email she used to connect with the school was recently disabled.

“She had leg pain,” Andrea Billi, Rae’s mother, said. “You know, when you’re younger, having growing pains? That’s what we thought, then it progressed. Her legs will turn purple and go numb.”

Kayci’s aunt Shannon told WBEN-AM that at first, “We kind of almost ignored it, because we were like, ‘Is [she] just trying to get attention for it?’ But then she started showing us her legs when she would get these flares, her legs started to mottle. I don’t know if anybody knows what that is, it’s almost like a marbling of your skin, and essentially it’s a vasospasm of your legs. So her legs would blanch, turn colors, and she would get this pain.”

“It’s disabling for her,” Shannon said, indicating the problems have not gone away.

“She’s had her friends give her piggyback rides because her legs would literally hurt her. There was a time where she collapsed at her softball game, which the school nurse was her softball coach and her softball coach witnessed all of this,” she said.

“And she was in softball two, three years ago, and she would actually have to sit out mid-game because her pain would start to flare from the high intensity activity. And her teammates would be there rolling their bats on her legs,” Shannon said, adding that the school was told of this.

Billi said her daughter has had multiple tests that have come up empty.

“The only factor that we came to a conclusion on was this all started after she got the vaccine,” she said.

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Children’s Health Defense Files CITIZEN PETITION Urging FDA to Revoke COVID Vaccine Licenses After Evidence Agency Violated Its Own Approval Rules — Here’s How Americans Can Submit Comments

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) has filed a sweeping Citizen Petition demanding that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) immediately revoke the biologics licenses for all Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — Comirnaty, Spikevax, and their licensed analogues.

CHD alleges that the Biden-era FDA broke its own laws, bypassed mandatory safeguards, ignored manufacturing violations, and labeled experimental EUA products as “fully licensed vaccines” without the clinical, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance required under federal law.

According to CHD, the public, including doctors, nurses, parents, service members, and anyone affected by the mandates, may now submit comments directly to the FDA docket and demand the agency follow the law.

This petition could become the most consequential public challenge to COVID-19 vaccine licensure since 2020.

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A VICTORY for informed consent: CDC panel reverses decades-old newborn vaccine policy

In a landmark decision that recalibrates the balance between public health mandates and individual medical choice, a key advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has moved to end a 34-year-old policy requiring virtually all newborns to be vaccinated against hepatitis B within their first day of life. On December 5, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8-3 to recommend that only infants born to mothers infected with hepatitis B, or whose status is unknown, should receive the shot shortly after birth. For the vast majority of babies born to hepatitis B-negative mothers, the committee now advises a model of “individual-based decision-making,” where parents and pediatricians weigh the very low risk of infection against the vaccine’s profile.

The end of a universal mandate built on adult compliance

The policy shift dismantles a cornerstone of the U.S. childhood immunization schedule that has been a source of tension and coercion for a generation of new parents. Since 1991, federal guidelines have directed hospitals to administer the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns within 24 hours of birth, a practice that became a near-universal rite of passage in maternity wards. The historical justification, however, has long been questioned by health freedom advocates and some medical professionals. Hepatitis B is a blood-borne virus that is primarily transmitted through sexual contact, shared intravenous drug needles, or from an infected mother to her child during birth. For an infant born to a healthy mother, the immediate risk is virtually nonexistent.

Critics have argued the universal birth dose was less about infant health and more about ensuring population-wide vaccine coverage. As noted in past analyses, health officials in the early 1990s acknowledged that vaccinating reluctant adults was difficult, so targeting newborns became a strategy to ensure a vaccinated cohort. The ACIP’s reversal acknowledges this discrepancy, refocusing the intervention on those truly at risk: the fewer than 0.5% of U.S. infants born each year to hepatitis B-positive mothers.

Safety science under the microscope

The committee’s decision was heavily influenced by a rigorous re-examination of the vaccine’s safety science and the changing epidemiology of the disease. During the meeting, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, delivered a striking critique of the original clinical trials that supported the vaccine’s licensure for newborns. She noted the trials had no control groups and followed infants for only five to seven days, a standard she stated would be unacceptable for modern approval.

“This is a historic moment of accountability,” said a health policy analyst who attended the meetings. “For decades, parents were told the science was settled, while the foundational trials were profoundly inadequate by today’s standards. The committee finally acknowledged that we cannot claim strong confidence in the risk-benefit profile based on that old data.”

A central safety concern has been the vaccine’s aluminum adjuvant, used to stimulate an immune response. The hepatitis B vaccine contains 250 micrograms of aluminum. According to longstanding FDA guidelines on parenteral (injected) aluminum exposure, the maximum safe limit is five micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day. For an average eight-pound (3.6 kg) newborn, this equates to approximately 18 micrograms. The birth dose alone therefore administers over ten times this amount. While the body can excrete some aluminum, critics point to research suggesting the adjuvant can persist and contribute to systemic inflammation.

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