Elana Pearl BenJoseph

2 weeks ago | theunbiasedscipod.substack.com | Jess Steier |David Higgins |Elana Pearl BenJoseph

This week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to require all new vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials before approval. According to The Washington Post, an HHS spokesperson stated that "all new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials prior to licensure — a radical departure from past practices."Kennedy also emphasized a commitment to “radical transparency.”As public health experts, we're deeply concerned about this development.

2 weeks ago | theunbiasedscipod.substack.com | Jess Steier |Elana Pearl BenJoseph

Autism has been all over the news with some eye-catching headlines: "Autism rates reach new record!" "1 in 31 children now diagnosed with autism!" “There is an autism epidemic!”Perhaps you've even heard our new Health Secretary RFK Jr. promising to identify the cause of autism by September—just five months from now. But what do these numbers really mean? Are we truly experiencing an "epidemic" as some are claiming?

4 weeks ago | theunbiasedscipod.substack.com | Jess Steier |Aimee Bernard |David Higgins |Elana Pearl BenJoseph

Recently, I came across a thought-provoking tweet from Dr. Michael Mina about the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas. He pointed out something remarkable: during this outbreak, only a small number of fully vaccinated individuals became infected despite what appeared to be tens of thousands of potential exposures. Dr. Mina's calculation suggested an effectiveness rate of approximately 99.9% decades after vaccination—a figure that challenges conventional understanding of vaccine durability.