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TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
· 1 h 39 min · Episode 1277
Episode TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
Infectious diseases physician Jake Scott returns to TWiV to discuss the dangerous anti-vaccine policies being established in the US and what RFK Jr. and his associates get wrong.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli
Guest: Jake Scott
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Vaccine RCT spreadsheet (CIDRAP) • What RFK Jr gets wrong about vaccines (Conversation) • RFK Jr’s case against mRNA vaccines collapses (STAT) • Too many kids’ vaccines? Think again (STAT) • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 14
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/
- https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/jake-scott
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-flu-vaccines/vaccine-rct-spreadsheet-aims-show-data-dispel-myths-about-vaccines
- https://theconversation.com/im-a-physician-who-has-looked-at-hundreds-of-studies-of-vaccine-safety-and-heres-some-of-what-rfk-jr-gets-wrong-259659
- https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/rfk-jr-mrna-vaccine-research-science-papers-justification-misreading/
- https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/too-many-too-soon-vaccine-schedule-children-antigens-immune-system-aluminum/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.angelaspalmer.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LM8hd_zY-g
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVEAz0iDXg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibo_bAj2QfA
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