During a meeting led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly restructured vaccine panel voted to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative. Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine advocate, has claimed thimerosal is a toxic neurotoxin linked to autism, despite extensive research disproving this connection, while thimerosal’s use in vaccines has significantly declined since 2001.
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In a recent meeting, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine panel decided to stop recommending flu vaccines that contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, amid ongoing debates about its safety.
