DEATHS from infectious diseases had ALREADY FALLEN before the advent of vaccines, as RFK Jr. blasts out the truth serum to Congress
By sdwells // 2025-10-02
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reignited a long-running debate about the role vaccines have played in reducing deaths from infectious diseases. In a video statement on Sept. 29, Kennedy challenged the widely circulated claim that vaccines alone are responsible for saving millions of lives, pointing instead to historical data showing mortality rates from infectious diseases had already plummeted well before vaccines were introduced.
  • Kennedy challenges vaccine credit claims: RFK Jr. argued that deaths from infectious diseases had already declined significantly before vaccines were introduced, citing historical data and warning against overstating pharmaceutical industry claims.
  • Dispute with Senate testimony: He criticized Sen. Maria Cantwell’s use of a chart crediting vaccines with near-total eradication of diseases, calling it “scientifically baseless propaganda” influenced by pharmaceutical contributions.
  • Historical context cited: Kennedy referenced a 2000 government-funded study and a 1970 Harvard professor’s warning, both showing that improvements in sanitation, nutrition, and healthcare contributed heavily to reducing disease mortality before vaccines.
  • Ongoing debate: While acknowledging vaccines’ role in preventing infections, Kennedy urged a broader focus on immune health, drawing pushback from public health experts who maintain that vaccines were crucial in cutting transmission and saving millions of lives.

RFK Jr. Pushes Back on Vaccine Life-Saving Claims

His remarks followed a Senate Finance Committee hearing earlier in September where Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) displayed a chart titled “How Vaccines Helped All But Eradicate Diseases.” The chart showed near-100 percent declines in morbidity rates for measles and six other infectious illnesses, which Cantwell said proved vaccines’ indispensable role in public health. Kennedy responded that such charts oversimplify history and are often used by the pharmaceutical industry to make sweeping claims about vaccine efficacy. Citing a government-funded 2000 study, Kennedy pointed out that mortality from diseases like measles, diphtheria, and tuberculosis had sharply declined decades before vaccines became available. For example, measles killed about 13,000 Americans annually in 1900, but by 1960—three years before the measles vaccine was licensed—deaths had already fallen to only a few hundred per year. Kennedy argued that improved sanitation, nutrition, and living standards were major drivers of these declines, yet are often overlooked in discussions dominated by vaccine-centered narratives. He also invoked a 1970 warning from Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Edward Kast, who cautioned that public health messaging sometimes credits medical interventions for disease declines that were already underway. According to Kennedy, Kast warned against “half-truths” that could distort science and give industries undue credit to boost profits. Kennedy cast Senator Cantwell’s chart as an example of such propaganda, calling it “scientifically baseless” and designed to promote “blind faith” in vaccines. While critical of how vaccine benefits are portrayed, Kennedy did not dismiss their value entirely. He acknowledged vaccines remain “a critical part of public health” and can prevent infections like measles outright. However, he emphasized that public health should also prioritize therapeutic drugs, vitamins, diet, exercise, and other measures that strengthen the immune system and overall resilience against disease. The debate comes at a politically sensitive time. President Donald Trump recently reiterated his support for vaccines during a news conference on autism, saying both he and Kennedy are “believers” in immunization. Kennedy’s comments, however, drew swift rebuttal from experts such as Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a former senior CDC official. Daskalakis acknowledged that deaths from measles declined prior to the vaccine but stressed that infection rates remained extremely high until immunization campaigns began. “That’s how we eliminated measles transmission in the United States,” he argued, reinforcing the CDC’s estimate that childhood vaccinations between 1994 and 2023 prevented more than 1.1 million deaths. Kennedy’s intervention highlights a broader dispute in public health: how much credit should be given to vaccines versus other advances in healthcare, hygiene, and living standards. The controversy underscores the tension between acknowledging vaccines as powerful tools against infectious diseases and recognizing the multifaceted factors that contributed to improved survival rates over the past century. Bookmark Infections.news to get the latest updates about the engineered "bird flu pandemic” and the lies purported by Big Pharma about the “safety and efficacy” of the deadliest medicine on planet earth, also known as “vaccines.” Sources for this article include: Pandemic.news NaturalNews.com SHTFplan.com YourNews.com        
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