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Tikitorch2 (talk | contribs) Undid revision 1229217322 by Writ Keeper (talk) due to lack of consensus. Only 2/5 editors involved in the discussion thread on the BLPN noticeboard have agreed. A third likely would also concur but has previously stonewalled so difficult to tell. Either way, consensus has not been achieved because this allegation has no scientific basis and should be attributed to Howard to be included. |
Newimpartial (talk | contribs) Undid revision 1229259082 by Tikitorch2 (talk)The editor in question is in a WP:1AM position on the BLPN. Both the editor who raised the issue at BLPN and essentially all (but one) of the participants in the discussion agree that this is a well-supported factual claims. It certainly does not represent a BLP concern. |
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Kulldorff was a member of the Vaccine Safety Technical subgroup of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.<ref name="Bloomberg-JnJ">{{Cite web|last=Peebles|first=Angelica|date=April 21, 2021|title=J&J Shot's Future Depends on 15 Cautious Vaccine Experts|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-21/j-j-shot-s-u-s-future-depends-on-15-cautious-vaccine-experts|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref> In April 2021, he disagreed with the CDC's pause of the [[Janssen COVID-19 vaccine|Johnson & Johnson vaccine]] rollout and argued publicly that the vaccine's benefits outweighed clotting risks, particularly for older people.<ref name="Bloomberg-JnJ" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kulldorff|first=Martin|date=April 17, 2021|title=The dangers of pausing the J&J vaccine|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/548817-the-dangers-of-pausing-the-jj-vaccine|access-date=January 16, 2022|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|quote=Unfortunately, the recent "pause" on using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will dampen the impact of this success.}}</ref>
In December 2021, Kulldorff published an essay for the [[Brownstone Institute]] in which he argued against children receiving vaccination against Covid-19, falsely claiming that [[influenza]] was a greater risk to children than Covid. In a critical response published in [[Science-Based Medicine]], Jonathan Howard noted errors and factual inaccuracies in Kulldorff's essay, pointing out that while influenza was responsible for only one child death in the 2020/21 season - while [[public health mitigation of COVID-19]] was in place – COVID-19 killed more than 1,000.<ref name=saves>{{cite web |publisher=[[Science-Based Medicine]] |title=I Disagree With an Article Called 'Vaccines Save Lives' |vauthors=Howard J |date=23 December 2021 |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/i-disagree-with-an-article-called-vaccines-save-lives/}}</ref> In addition to this, Kulldorff's essay omitted that children who are infected with COVID-19 are at risk for rare but serious conditions, such as [[Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children|MIS-C]], with 8,862 confirmed cases of children with MIS-C by March of 2023.<ref name=saves/><ref name="Maltz-Matyschsyk2023">{{cite journal |last1=Maltz-Matyschsyk |first1=Michele |last2=K. Melchiorre |first2=Clare |last3=Herbst |first3=Katherine W. |last4=Hogan |first4=Alexander H. |last5=Dibble |first5=Kristina |last6=O'Sullivan |first6=Brandon |last7=Graf |first7=Joerg |last8=Jadhav |first8=Aishwarya |last9=Lawrence |first9=David A. |last10=Lee |first10=William T. |last11=J. Carson |first11=Kyle |last12=Radolf |first12=Justin D. |last13=C. Salazar |first13=Juan |last14=Lynes |first14=Michael A. |title=Development of a biomarker signature using grating-coupled fluorescence plasmonic microarray for diagnosis of MIS-C |journal=Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology |date=31 March 2023 |volume=11 |doi=10.3389/fbioe.2023.1066391 |doi-access=free |pmid=37064248 |pmc=10102909 }}</ref>
On 13 February 2022, Kulldorff tweeted in support of the [[Canada convoy protest]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Kiera |date=February 15, 2022 |title=These doctors' groups are cheering on the anti-vax truckers |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/ottawa-convoy-protest-promoters-elite-medical-credentials-financial-incentives-astroturf-libertarian/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US}}</ref> which was organized to protest against vaccine mandates and other government restrictions regarding COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Woods |first1=Michael |last2=Pringle |first2=Josh |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Truck convoy rolls into Kingston, Ont. |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/truck-convoy-rolls-into-kingston-ont-1.5756220 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=CTV News Ottawa |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, Florida Gov. DeSantis named Kulldorff, Bhattacharya, and several other opponents of the scientific consensus on COVID-19 vaccines to his newly formed Public Health Integrity Committee to "offer critical assessments" of recommendations from federal health agencies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Catherman |first=Caroline |date=2022-12-13 |title=DeSantis announces grand jury to investigate 'wrongdoing' around COVID-19 vaccines |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-desantis-grand-jury-covid-vaccines-ladapo-research-20221213-owp55jm45bayzmpwvp3wel6f6y-story.html |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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