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Source Study: Deaths Following MMR and MMRV Vaccination in the United States, 1995–2025 https://zenodo.org/records/18671462

Educational infographic for the Kids First 4Ever blog post on MMR and MMRV vaccine safety data.
Andrew Wakefield was right!
I’ve known this for over 2 decades but did not have the data to prove it. Well, the data has now been made public and the era of MMR and MMRV should be coming to an end – finally!
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​Imagine a 2,657% higher count of reported vaccine-associated deaths than measles deaths in the modern era. A vaccine should NEVER be deadlier than the disease. That is what this study found. Immediately the links to this article were disabled! What a surprise!
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There was a total of 536 global reports of death following MMR or MMRV vaccination and 299 reports explicitly attributed to the United States, the focus of the published study.
​There were 156 deaths (52.2%) specifically in the 1.0–1.5 year age group and 120 deaths (40.1%) occurred within 7 days and 158 deaths (52.8%) within 14 days of vaccination. 
​74.6% of deaths followed visits involving MMR/MMRV plus one or more additional vaccines and 25.4% followed MMR/MMRV alone.
Causes of death included “sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or sudden unexplained death,” the most frequently reported category (24%), followed by fever (15%), seizures (12%), cardiac arrest (8%), respiratory distress (7%), and encephalitis (3%). Emergency department visits were documented in 23.7% of reports and hospital admission in 25.4%.
Most deaths occurred in those children under 2 years of age, and the majority occurred within the first 14 days following vaccination. Also reported were SIDS (24%), fevers (15%), seizures (12%), cardiac arrest (8%), respiratory distress (7%), encephalitis (3%) with 23.7% involving visits to the emergency room and 25.4% resulting in hospitalization. 
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Just A Mom Notes:

Numbers, percentages, stats and facts are all so confusing and can be overwhelming for us “Just A Mom’s.” Do these stats have enough weight to counter the vaccine messaging? But why? Fear! But what causes the fear? I finally figured it out: it’s a very powerful 5 letter word …DEATH! The messaging around measles is that the vaccine prevents kids from getting measles therefore they won’t die. There isn’t a mom or dad that wouldn’t do anything to keep their child alive. Another powerful 5 letter word… ALIVE! Your child living, even with a severe medical condition, is better than them dying. RIGHT? 
The data in this study show you that children did die from the MMR and MMRV vaccines and the medical conditions caused by these vaccines are so severe that I am not afraid to say that I would be willing to take my chances with my child getting measles, knowing what I know now. 
I hope that people can be empowered by this research. Share this information from a place of love. Measles can be treated. The few deaths that have been recorded as being from measles in unvaccinated children, upon careful review, have been found to be deaths due to mismanagement of their complications and not from measles itself.   
I can see why a parent fears a disease that can kill their child. We now know that the MMR and MMRV vaccines are also deadly. If you are willing to vaccinate your child knowing that death can follow the vaccine, that it is your choice. I just ask that you please keep reading and educating yourself. Remember to look at your family’s risk of exposure and current health situation. Look at the numbers and see when the riskiest time is for vaccination. Know your family history. Does your child have genetic vulnerabilities? Are they already immunocompromised? Deciding about vaccinating is tough.  
​I encourage you to remember why informed consent is so very important. Please get all the information you can and look at your personal situation and then make a decision that is best for your family.  
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— DeeDee Hoover, JAM (Just a Mom)
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​An in-depth discussion on medical training, informed consent, vaccine study design, and evaluating risk during pregnancy and childhood.

Dr. Paul Thomas speaking during his interview on Mondays with Michael with Dr. Michael Gaeta about informed consent, vaccine safety research, and pediatric risk assessment.
Dr. Paul recently joined Dr. Michael Gaeta on Mondays with Michael (Show 301, February 2, 2026) for a wide-ranging conversation on medical education, vaccine safety research, and the ethical foundations of informed consent .
The full interview is available on the Mondays with Michael homepage: https://michaelgaeta.com/mwm/
​During the interview, Dr. Paul reflects on his conventional medical training and how vaccine safety and efficacy were presented as settled science during his education . He describes a turning point in the early 2000s after attending a Defeat Autism Now conference and later witnessing developmental regression in children within his own practice .
The discussion explores how vaccine safety studies are structured, including concerns raised in the interview about placebo use, study duration, outcome selection, and statistical framing . Dr. Paul emphasizes the importance of evaluating both risks and benefits, rather than relying solely on generalized assurances.
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He also discusses pregnancy considerations, immune activation, and his perspective on how families can approach vaccine decision-making through careful review of data. His book, VAX Facts, is referenced as a resource intended to help families understand the science behind each vaccine on the childhood schedule . (Available at https://vaxfactsbook.com/)

​Key Points Discussed

  • Medical Education and Information Framing
    Dr. Paul explains that during his training, vaccines were presented as safe and effective without detailed discussion of ingredients or long-term comparative studies .
  • Observations from Clinical Practice
    He recounts observing developmental regression in several children between 2004 and 2008, which prompted him to reevaluate assumptions about vaccine safety .
  • Study Design Concerns
    The interview examines concerns about placebo controls, duration of trials, selective outcome reporting, and what Dr. Paul describes as “tobacco science” parallels in research methodology .
  • Informed Consent
    Dr. Paul discusses how true informed consent requires presenting risks and benefits transparently, rather than offering simplified reassurances .
  • COVID mRNA Products
    He distinguishes mRNA COVID products from traditional vaccines and shares concerns about safety and risk framing .
  • HPV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis A
    Dr. Paul outlines his concerns regarding these vaccines as discussed in the episode, including risk–benefit comparisons and clinical observations .
  • Pregnancy and Immune Activation
    The conversation includes discussion of immune activation during pregnancy and how relative risk should be considered when evaluating interventions .
  • Relative Risk Evaluation
    ​Dr. Paul emphasizes comparing disease prevalence and severity with vaccine-associated risk when making decisions .
​“For every vaccine on the childhood schedule, you are more likely to be harmed by the vaccine than by not vaccinating.” — Dr. Paul
Dr. Michael Gaeta has also been a guest on With the Wind with Dr. Paul. In that episode, the conversation focused on keeping kids well naturally and approaches to supporting pediatric health. You can watch or listen to that discussion here:
With the Wind with Dr. Paul – Show 165: Pediatric Perspectives: Keeping Kids Well Naturally with Dr. Michael Gaeta
The complete episode of Mondays with Michael featuring Dr. Paul can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/1158534216
You can explore additional episodes of Mondays with Michael at: https://michaelgaeta.com/mwm/
For more educational resources from Dr. Paul and DeeDee (J.A.M.), visit https://www.kidsfirst4ever.com/
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The information shared in this interview is presented for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice and does not establish a doctor–patient relationship. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional regarding medical decisions.
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A closer look at the federal RICO case challenging the American Academy of Pediatrics

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​The video below explains a federal lawsuit filed against the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that alleges a decades-long pattern of institutional fraud related to claims about the safety testing of the childhood vaccine schedule. Brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the case outlines what the lawsuit claims, what it does not claim, and why it may have significant implications for pediatric medicine, informed consent, and parental rights.
RICHARD JAFFE, ESQ has filed a complaint that is brought by parents, Dr. KP Stoller, CHD, and I, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962, against the American Academy of Pediatrics (“AAP”) for its central role in an enterprise that has defrauded American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule for several decades.
​Basically, the AAP has been a co-beneficiary of the vaccine enterprise along with the pharmaceutical industry and all involved in profits from vaccines and from the illnesses caused by vaccines. AAP’s journal Pediatrics, the Red Book, policy statements, and public communications repeatedly state that the childhood vaccine schedule has been fully tested and proven safe. This is false and fraudulent.
​In 2002 and 2013, the Institute of Medicine (“IOM”) declared that no study had ever compared health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children and recommended such studies be conducted.
A foundational fraud published by the AAP in January 2002 claimed infants could “theoretically” respond to 10,000 vaccines at once.
Physicians who deviate from promoting the CDC/AAP schedule have faced professional destruction, as the plaintiffs Paul Thomas, M.D., and Kenneth P. Stoller, M.D., did.
Plaintiffs Andrea Shaw and Shanticia Nelson are mothers whose children died following routine vaccinations administered according to AAP guidelines.
In 2020, Dr. Thomas published a study comparing chronic health outcomes between his vaccinated and unvaccinated patients, resulting in a prompt emergency suspension of his license for being a “threat to public health.”
Until 2021, Dr. Stoller held an active California medical license, which was revoked following disciplinary proceedings arising from his issuance of individualized medical exemptions that deviated from CDC and AAP guidelines.
The AAP has been in the driver’s seat of the fraud and racketeering related to vaccines, very much like the tobacco industry regarding the safety of cigarettes and tobacco. 

​How did they do this? 

  1. AAP’s Foundational Fraud: Substitute Theory for Testing, Immunogenicity for Safety
  2. Protecting the Fraud: Block the Studies, Exaggerate the Risks
  3. The Suppressed Studies Show the Harm
  4. The Vaccine Racket: Create the Condition, Sell the Treatment, Keep the Sick Customer for Life
  5. AAP: The Racketeering Enterprise’s Distribution Network (like tobacco)
  6. The Racket’s Financial Trap: Why Pediatricians Cannot Say No ($$$)  
  7. The Racket’s Rulebook: How the Red Book Became the Law 
  8. Protecting the Racket: How Scientific Debate Became “Misinformation”
  9. The Lies Exposed: AAP’s Material Misrepresentations and Omissions of Fact
  10. On January 5, 2026, Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill signed a decision memorandum revising the childhood immunization schedule, moving six vaccines—rotavirus, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal disease, and COVID-19—from universal recommendations to shared clinical decision-making. The AAP has refused to participate and has instead chosen to sue the CDC and push its own expanded schedule.
  11. AAP’s false attribution of mortality declines to vaccines ignores that most mortality reduction (96% or more of it) occurred due to sanitation (flush toilets), hygiene, and nutrition improvements before vaccines were widely deployed.
Hopefully, this legal action will finally put an end to the most harmful enterprise to children’s health ever perpetrated on our country and the world.
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​Additional Resources for Parents
For families who want to explore these issues more deeply, the following books are frequently referenced in discussions around informed consent and vaccine policy: These resources are offered to support independent research and thoughtful decision-making.

​Just a Mom’s Notes

I have read so much about this lawsuit. Not everyone supports this, which I find appalling. I see it as an opportunity to hold people accountable. Forcing someone to put something in their body or their child’s body when we do not know how that affects that child or what side effects may occur is insane.
​I am so tired of hearing stories of babies—little newborn babies—who never made it to their first year of life because of a vaccine that is supposed to be safe.
​Anyone who says vaccines are safe and effective should no longer have a place in the care of our children.
How is it that we allow babies to get vaccines—wait, not allow--force, mandate, and bully parents into putting something that can be so toxic into bodies that are still developing immune systems and brains? How many babies need to die? How many sick kids do we have to raise when all we had to do was wait? Wait until we know they are healthy and meeting milestones. Wait until we know if they even need that shot. How about letting parents choose what is best for their child?
I hope this lawsuit makes a difference. The fact that we must sue someone or a program just to get them to do what is best for everyone is deeply sad. For those already harmed by vaccines, I pray that time will heal. This lawsuit is about the future lives of all children. ​Hopefully it will stop the harm, force research, force the truth that parents should simply be allowed to do what’s best for their children.
​Someone asked me why I think we are still having to fight for informed consent. My answer is that some people in positions of power (scaredy cats) do not want it to affect their financial status, and they refuse to believe anything that challenges the belief that vaccines are saving our world.
What happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave? Mandating vaccines means we are not free, and refusing to take a deep look at the vaccine program shows that those in power are not brave.
​To all parents feeling stuck: take back the freedom you were born into. Be brave. Fight for your children.
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— DeeDee Hoover, JAM (Just a Mom)
​We encourage you to watch the video, read the full statements above, and take time to reflect on what true informed consent should look like in pediatric care. Share this information with family, friends, and fellow parents who may not yet be aware of the lawsuit or the issues it raises. An informed public is essential to meaningful change. If you value transparency, parental rights, and open scientific inquiry, we invite you to stay connected with Kids First 4Ever, continue learning, and participate thoughtfully in conversations that shape the future of children’s health.
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A Just-a-Mom perspective on what public health isn’t saying—but parents need to hear

COVID-19 vaccine side effect polling analysis, Jeffrey Jaxen public health reporting, vaccine transparency concerns for parents, CDC updates on vaccine safety, Kids First 4Ever informed consent resources

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Every parent deserves honesty—especially when it comes to the health decisions we make for our children. That’s why Jeffrey Jaxen’s recent report, based on new polling and public health disclosures, matters. His analysis exposes a hard truth: concerns about COVID-19 vaccine side effects are widespread, growing, and no longer possible to dismiss. As a mom who has watched families struggle to get straight answers, I believe parents need to see what this data reveals and what it means for the road ahead.
I’m DeeDee, Just a Mom (J.A.M.), and what stands out in Jeffrey Jaxen’s reporting is not fear—it’s clarity. The latest Rasmussen poll he cites shows:
  • 26% of Americans say they experienced minor vaccine side effects
  • 10% report major side effects
  • 46% believe COVID-19 vaccine side effects have likely contributed to unexplained deaths
Those numbers aren’t small. They aren’t fringe. They represent millions of people. And as Jeffrey points out, this is more than a poll—it's a warning signal. Public trust erodes when parents feel they’re not being told the truth.
His article also exposes something even more concerning: institutional resistance to transparency.
In the UK, the UK Health Security Agency refused to release COVID vaccine-mortality data, arguing it might cause “distress,” spark “anger,” or reduce vaccine uptake. A two-year legal fight led by UsForThemUK, supported by Dr. Clare Craig, revealed that data provided freely to pharmaceutical companies was withheld from the public.
In the U.S., the CDC quietly updated its “Vaccine Safety” page, now acknowledging that studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines may contribute to autism—contradicting years of messaging designed to discourage public doubt.
“Governments are desperate to avoid the Covid vaccine injury conversation eager to avoid full-blown public health revolt on unknown consequences.”
​— Jeffrey Jackson
Together, these actions form a consistent pattern:
information controlled, delayed, or hidden—not to protect health, but to protect institutions.
Jeffrey describes how government agencies remain desperate to avoid a public conversation about vaccine injury. Policies like the PREP Act, which blocks compensation for Americans harmed by the COVID shot, show how little support injured families actually receive.
He also highlights how certain political alliances continue promoting outdated vaccine recommendations while refusing to acknowledge new safety data. As a mom, I see exactly what he’s describing—systems clinging to old narratives even when real people are living with the consequences.
Parents aren’t looking for conflict. They’re looking for truth. And when systems withhold information, families lose trust—and children pay the price.
​Jeffrey Jaxen’s reporting should matter to every parent, regardless of where they stand. When large segments of the population report injuries, when governments refuse to release data, and when health agencies revise long-standing claims quietly and without accountability, parents have every right to ask questions.
​Awareness is no longer optional. Transparency must be demanded. And our responsibility, as families who care about our kids, is to stay informed and stay engaged.
​I’m not asking you to panic—I’m asking you to pay attention. Read the full article. Share it. Talk about it with people you trust. Ask the questions you were told not to ask. When information is buried or dismissed, it’s up to parents to bring it into the light. Our children depend on us to stay engaged when the system won’t.
Read the full article. Share it. Start conversations.
Real change doesn’t happen quietly. It happens when regular people stand up and speak out—calmly, confidently, and informed. Share what you know with those who don’t yet know what we’ve learned. That’s how awareness spreads. That’s how momentum builds. And that’s how parents protect the next generation.
—Just a Mom
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​Why COVID, Childhood Vaccines, and Suppressed Science Demand Honest Re-Examination

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​Something just doesn’t seem right. I smell a rat—something fishy about this.
I remember having a deep sense that what we were being told about COVID simply didn’t add up. Then came the official messaging from authorities: follow the science, stay home until you can’t breathe, don’t use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, only the vaccine will save us.
And then came the deaths—healthy young athletes collapsing suddenly, serious health conditions emerging in both the young and the old, myocarditis, autoimmune disorders, coagulation issues, and an alarming rise in aggressive cancers.
I had seen this pattern before. Throughout my entire career as a pediatrician, I witnessed the steady deterioration of children’s health. There was a persistent narrative that childhood vaccines were “safe and effective,” yet that was not what I was seeing in clinical practice. Vaccinated children were sick far more often than unvaccinated children. We now have data that confirms this observation.
Tragically, we have harmed—and in many cases poisoned—a generation of children through the childhood vaccine schedule. With the COVID shots, this harm has extended worldwide.
Dr. Robert Malone’s analysis, “DMED and CDC COVID Data Scandals,” published on his Substack at https://rwmalonemd.substack.com, exposes what has been happening behind the scenes. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how deeply we were misled. Data was manipulated, suppressed, and even destroyed by institutions we trusted to protect public health.
​As Dr. Malone describes it, the fraud machine is now exposed. Among the most disturbing conclusions:
​“They didn’t merely mishandle health data; they rewrote medical history to protect institutional credibility.
When facts threaten trust, edit the facts to preserve the trust—and the institution.
Bureaucracies redefined ‘truth’ as whatever sustains compliance rather than what reflects reality.
Science was reduced to theater. Data became performance.
‘If people knew the truth, they would lose faith and become vaccine-hesitant; therefore, we must lie for their own good.’
The CDC’s internal data systems became structurally incapable of distinguishing objective science from public-relations narratives.”
I learned long ago not to trust the CDC. In the early 2000s, CDC whistleblower William Thompson revealed that data showing increased autism rates in African American boys who received the MMR vaccine before age three had been deliberately concealed. The documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, available at https://vaxxedmovie.com, documents this history in detail.
​That data was in the CDC’s possession around 2002. It was later manipulated and used to publish a key study in the journal Pediatrics claiming “no link between MMR and autism” (Pediatrics. 2004 Feb;113(2):259–266). That paper remains widely cited, and most pediatricians still believe its falsified conclusions.
​Between 2004 and 2007, I personally witnessed four cases of previously normal one-year-old children regress into severe, non-speaking autism. Over the next fifteen years, hundreds of families came to my practice with strikingly similar stories: their child had been developing normally, received vaccines—or a series of vaccines—and then regressed dramatically. In many of these families, subsequent unvaccinated children developed normally.
I am grateful that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC, and—hopefully—the broader institutional apparatus involved in this deception are now being scrutinized.
For parents asking what to do about vaccines today, I strongly recommend reading my 2025 book VAX FACTS: What to Consider Before Vaccinating at All Ages and All Stages of Life, available in paperback. You can learn more at https://vaxfactsbook.com or purchase the paperback directly at https://indiepubs.com/products/vax-facts/. In this book, we examine the data behind every childhood vaccine on the CDC schedule and explain why informed consent—not blind compliance—matters.
​Parents deserve transparency—not slogans. If you are questioning the official narrative and want to make informed decisions for your family, start by examining the data for yourself. Ask better questions. Demand honest answers. Our children depend on it.
Thank you, Dr. Malone, for documenting the events so thoroughly and for outlining the current actions being taken. DMED and CDC COVID Data Scandals
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USDA Gets the Food Pyramid Right! (Finally—Much Better, at Least)

​You may notice the pyramid is upside down—and that’s intentional. For decades, we were taught a deeply flawed and unscientific food pyramid. Below is the old, misguided version from 1992.
After more than 35 years as a pediatrician—and witnessing the alarming rise in chronic disease among children—I am convinced there are two foundational keys to raising healthy, thriving kids:
  1. Avoiding toxins (especially vaccines, glyphosate and other pesticides, EMFs, chronic stress, and environmental chemicals)
  2. Eating real, whole foods—organic whenever possible—in proportions that closely resemble the new dietary guidelines
​The updated guidelines were developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and released on January 7, 2025, as part of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030.
Summary of the New Guidelines
  • Prioritize protein at every meal
  • Choose full-fat dairy with no added sugars
  • Eat vegetables and fruits throughout the day, emphasizing whole foods
  • Include healthy fats from whole-food sources such as meats, seafood, eggs, nuts, seeds, olives, and avocados
  • Focus on whole grains while sharply reducing refined carbohydrates
  • Limit ultra-processed foods, added sugars, and artificial additives
  • Choose water and unsweetened beverages for hydration
  • Limit alcohol for overall health
​Parents, families, and individuals: the time for a serious kitchen reset is long overdue. Clean out your pantry, refrigerator, and cupboards. Remove the processed foods—yes, including most “childhood cereals” and convenience packaged products. Then head to the grocery store or your local farmers market and start buying and preparing real food as nature intended.
​This is not a quick fix. It is a lifelong journey—one that can dramatically change the health trajectory of your family and future generations.
To your health,
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​Just A Mom Notes:

This all sounds great—but what about the parent who can’t make it to Saturday markets because they’re running kids everywhere? What about families who can’t afford organic? What about kids who won’t eat vegetables? What if the time it takes to prepare fresh, wholesome food is too much for a single parent juggling multiple children?
I hear parents ask these questions and make statements like: I don’t have time to read all the ingredients. Packaged foods are easy, and the kids like them. I once had a mom look me straight in the eyes and say that changing the way they shop and eat feels too hard, too expensive, and simply too much to ask of families who are already struggling.
I get it.
My response is always the same: one step at a time. Make one healthy change a week. As for organic being too expensive—I understand. I was there too. That’s why I used the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen lists to guide my choices.
More stores, including Walmart and local grocery stores, are now carrying organic produce at more reasonable prices. For information, tips, techniques, and practical tools to help you make changes—and get your family on board with eating healthier—visit kidsfirst4ever.com. I coach families on how to move forward, realistically and sustainably, toward a healthier lifestyle.
DeeDee Hoover
Just A Mom (JAM)
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​How Federal Policy Is Beginning to Expose Vaccine Payment Incentives in Pediatrics

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The massive financial incentives for pediatricians to vaccinate infants and children with as many vaccines as possible may soon be coming to an end.
In an important post titled “BREAKING: HHS ANNOUNCES TECTONIC SHIFT IN CMS VACCINE UPTAKE TRACKING FOR PEDIATRIC VACCINES,” published January 1, 2026, by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, a long-overdue change was announced.
“CMS just took a shot at vaccine incentive systems. Dr. Thomas and I exposed the perverse and misaligned incentives in 2021. Now HHS has acted to end backing the practice with federal dollars.”
​After years of warnings from researchers about unethical and coercive payment structures embedded in pediatric and prenatal care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued State Health Official Letter SHO #25-005. This directive removes four key immunization-status measures from the 2026 Medicaid and CHIP Core Sets, effectively dismantling a major mechanism used to financially pressure physicians into meeting vaccine benchmarks.
In 2021, James Lyons-Weiler and I published a peer-reviewed paper in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research titled:
As part of that research, we conducted a 30-day billing analysis at my pediatric practice—one that honored informed consent and allowed families to choose some, none, or all CDC-recommended vaccines. Using real reimbursement data and actual superbills, we demonstrated that when patients declined CDC-scheduled vaccines, the practice faced projected annual losses exceeding one million dollars.
​At the time, my practice served approximately 15,000 active patients and generated roughly $3 million in gross annual billings. Pediatric practices that accept insurance typically operate with 70–80% overhead, making this financial reality untenable. I was forced to cut employee pay, lost valued staff members, and experienced years in which my own income as the sole owner was either negative or barely sustainable. Instituting a modest practice fee was the only way we were able to keep the doors open.
​What shocked us most was the magnitude of the so-called “administration fee.” This was the only vaccine-related income tracked in our study—yet the financial penalties for ethical practice were severe, real, and fully documented. These losses were not theoretical. They represented a measurable punishment for practicing medicine with integrity.
What the study did not include were the additional financial incentives layered on top of vaccine administration, including:
  • Bonuses for achieving high rates of “fully vaccinated” two-year-olds (with incentives varying by insurance carrier)
  • Bonus payments on all office services for meeting vaccine benchmarks
  • Financial penalties—such as reduced reimbursement across the board—or even removal from insurance networks for failing to meet vaccine-based “quality” measures
​Vaccines are also tightly tied to well-child visits. Many insurance carriers offer substantial bonuses for high volumes of these visits, which often function as vaccine appointments disguised as preventive care. In the United States, infants typically have well visits at birth, a few days later, at two weeks, and at 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months of age. These visits are commonly reimbursed at $200–$300 per visit.
​At an average of $250 per visit, seven visits in the first year alone amount to $1,750 per infant. During my years in practice, I routinely saw more than 30 new infants per month. That translates to approximately $630,000 annually in first-year well-visit reimbursements alone. While it is true that pediatric care is labor-intensive and expensive to deliver, the financial incentives tied to vaccination volume are undeniable.
​Our data comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children showed that vaccinated children experienced significantly higher rates of illness, resulting in more office visits for infections, chronic conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, asthma, eczema, and more. Increased vaccination also correlated with increased sick visits and long-term disease management. Pediatricians who do not vaccinate consistently report the opposite experience—their patients are healthier, allowing them to focus on true wellness rather than chronic disease management.
​CMS’s recent action represents an important acknowledgment of these realities:
“The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued SHO #25-005, removing four key immunization-status measures from the 2026 Medicaid/CHIP Core Sets. This action acknowledges that not all metrics measure quality—and that ethics cannot be reduced to a performance score.”
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“We now have documented federal recognition that quantity-driven vaccine incentives may be not only insufficient, but harmful.”
If quality measures are going to exist, they must reflect actual health outcomes, not blind adherence to protocols or prescribing behavior. Today, metrics often reward how well a physician prescribes asthma or ADHD medications rather than how effectively children remain healthy in the first place.
​2026 must be the year of a massive awakening and a true paradigm shift. It is time to celebrate the innate immune strength of unvaccinated children and reject the fear-based narratives of a broken establishment that has profited from policies that place incentives above ethics and children’s health.
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Citation
Lyons-Weiler J, Thomas P. Vaccine Practice Payment Schedules Create Perverse Incentives for Unnecessary Medical Procedures—At What Cost to Patients?
International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research. 2021;2(1):25–37.
https://doi.org/10.56098/ijvtpr.v2i1.21
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A Turning Point for Parental Choice, Medical Freedom, and Childhood Health Policy​

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​On January 5, 2026, the CDC director signed a decision memorandum announcing a significant change to the routine childhood vaccine schedule. The COVID-19, influenza, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, and meningococcal vaccines are no longer recommended routinely for healthy children. For the first time, parental choice and individual risk assessment are being placed ahead of one-size-fits-all mandates.
The CDC will continue to organize the childhood immunization schedule into three categories:
  • Immunizations Recommended for All Children
  • Immunizations Recommended for Certain High-Risk Groups or Populations
  • Immunizations Based on Shared Clinical Decision-Making
The first category includes vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus (HPV), and varicella (chickenpox). This represents fewer than 40 doses, compared to nearly 100 doses under the prior schedule when annual COVID-19 and influenza shots are included.
​My lawsuit against the CDC, Thomas v. Monarez, was filed by attorney Richard Jaffe on behalf of Dr. Paul Thomas, Dr. Kenneth Stoller, and Stand for Health Freedom in federal court in Washington, D.C., in August 2025. The action remains open, and it is our hope that it may ultimately result in all routine childhood vaccinations being removed from Category 1 and placed into Category 3—shared clinical decision-making.
A second hoped-for outcome is that companies and individuals involved in administering vaccines will once again have liability for harm caused by vaccines once those products are no longer on the routine childhood schedule. This would effectively place vaccines back in line with other pharmaceutical products and medical interventions.
The removal of mandates and the restoration of liability for harm are essential steps toward restoring parental authority over what happens to their children. No doctor, politician, government agency, or public health authority should have the power to mandate medical treatments for healthy individuals. The COVID era revealed how corrupted and incapable of common sense and proper scientific analysis many institutions were—and, in many cases, still are.
​We are not free from the tyranny of mandated childhood vaccination schedules until every parent has the right to informed consent and the unquestioned right to say no thank you to any medical procedure. It is time to end one-size-fits-all medicine and return to individualized care that respects natural immunity, personal choice, and diverse lifestyles.
We are about to expose the biggest lie in medicine. As more parents opt out of the vaccine paradigm, the growing population of unvaccinated children will provide real-world data. That data will continue to confirm what my research and multiple independent datasets have already shown: unvaccinated children are significantly healthier than their vaccinated peers.
Imagine a world where rates of autism, ADHD, asthma, infections, chronic illness, allergies, and autoimmune disease are reduced by 50 to 90 percent. That future is entirely possible—and likely—once mandates and coercion end and parents are free to follow the science conducted by researchers who are not beholden to pharmaceutical or political pressure.
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Dr. Paul (retired)

Just A Mom Notes:

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​For those of us parents who have children injured by vaccines, this feels like a breath of fresh air. A schedule that mandates any vaccine simply doesn’t make sense to me. Informed consent is critical. If you don’t know what you’re putting into your child’s body, how can you know whether you’re truly okay with it?
​Blind trust doesn’t work anymore. COVID taught us that. The countless childhood illnesses and injuries linked to vaccines have taught us that as well.
I also struggle with the fact that if a product causes harm to me or my child, and I can’t hold anyone accountable because I was told it was “safe,” that responsibility somehow disappears. The idea that a doctor can dismiss a family from their practice because a parent chooses not to vaccinate their child is unacceptable to me. Why? Because they don’t go home with us afterward to care for our children. They don’t pay for the therapies, services, or lifelong support required when a child is harmed. They don’t live with the consequences—families do.
I know that for those of us who are relying on Kennedy to help make these changes, the process can feel slow. Please understand the pressure he is under. He is going up against a Goliath.
​I urge parents to stand up for their children. My niece, whom I love dearly, has shared that she plans to vaccinate only what is required for school. Many people feel the same way. There are only five states that do not allow exemptions. In my opinion, exemptions exist because vaccines have not been tested against true placebos.
We are supposed to be living in the land of the free, yet mandates do not reflect that principle. My request has always been the same: become as informed as you possibly can. Make decisions based on your own health history and your family’s history. Remember—God gave us an immune system. Let’s use it.
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— Just a Mom
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​A Critical Examination of Infant Mortality Data, Vaccination Timing, and Emerging Research

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We now have more than enough data to justify an immediate halt to infant vaccination until further, independent research is completed.
​A recent study, “Increased Mortality Associated with 2-Month-Old Infant Vaccinations” by Karl Jablonowski and Brian Hooker, should serve as a wake-up call for parents, healthcare providers, and anyone involved in infant vaccination.
Yes, this is a preprint and will undergo peer review. However, the findings are too significant to ignore or delay action.
​This paper reviews six studies and reports that 78% of SIDS cases reported to VAERS between 1990 and 2019 occurred within one week of infant vaccination.
Infant vaccines are killing our babies—and at rates far higher than deaths from the diseases for which these vaccines are administered.
The Jablonowski and Hooker study also found that which vaccines are given matters, with some products, such as Vaxelis, showing significantly higher associated risks.
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​From Table 2 (page 4) of the study, the authors state:
​“Children vaccinated in their second month of life were more likely to die in their third month of life compared to unvaccinated children during the same time window. The hazard for the vaccinated translated to increased mortality of 42% for DTaP, 29% for HepB, 35% for Hib, 32% for polio, 41% for pneumococcal, and 74% for rotavirus (OR = 1.74 [1.26–2.41], p = 0.0005). For every vaccine inspected, children who were not vaccinated in their second month of life had lower mortality rates than those who were vaccinated.”
It is unclear why the study excluded infants who died before 90 days of life or those vaccinated before 60 days, especially since the CDC schedule allows several “2-month” vaccines to be administered as early as six weeks of age, including polio, DTaP, Hib, pneumococcal, and rotavirus vaccines.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/child-adolescent-catch-up.html
​Including those cases would likely strengthen the observed association between vaccination and infant mortality.
The study also found that infant death rates among vaccinated children were:
  • Higher in females
  • Higher among Black infants
  • Higher in infants receiving combination vaccines or multiple vaccines at a single visit
​While reported SIDS rates have declined, overall infant mortality has remained relatively stable, suggesting that deaths are being reclassified as suffocation or other ill-defined causes.
​National data show that infant mortality between 28 and 364 days of life remains significant. In the study’s dataset, approximately 700,000 children were born, and about 5,800 died before their third birthday.
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Using a conservative national infant mortality rate of 1 death per 200 births, and approximately 4 million births annually, this equates to roughly 20,000 infant deaths per year.
​According to CDC data:
“Nearly 20,000 infants died in the U.S. in 2021, for an infant mortality rate of 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. SIDS was listed as the third leading cause of death, with 1,389 cases. However, deaths previously classified as SIDS are increasingly categorized as suffocation or ‘unknown.’ In 2021, 1,062 deaths were attributed to unknown causes and 905 to accidental suffocation, totaling 3,356 deaths.”
— VAX FACTS: What to Consider Before Vaccinating at All Ages & Stages of Life
​Since vaccine-related death coding was removed decades ago, it is reasonable to assume that a substantial portion of these deaths may be vaccine-related. Using conservative assumptions, if at least 3,000 infant deaths annually are SIDS or SUDI, and 78% occur within one week of vaccination, then approximately 2,340 infant deaths per year may be vaccine-associated.
By comparison, deaths from the diseases vaccines aim to prevent average roughly 20–40 per year. Even assuming vaccines are 100% effective—which they are not—the math suggests we may be killing around 100 infants for every one potentially saved.
​Vaccine promoters will argue that this analysis ignores lives saved by vaccination. However, most reductions in childhood mortality occurred before the introduction of widespread vaccination. We are also told that diseases will inevitably return if vaccination stops—another claim not supported for most illnesses.
Parents who choose to vaccinate should be allowed to do so. But they should do so with full awareness that current safety claims are not supported by unbiased science. The evidence increasingly suggests that vaccination represents one of the greatest risks facing our children today.
​The study’s conclusion is unequivocal:
​“For every vaccine inspected, children who were not vaccinated in their second month of life had lower mortality rates than those who were vaccinated in that same time window.”
Parents must protect their babies from a system that has lost its way.
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Dr. Paul (retired)

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Happy New Year 2026!

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Dr. Paul and DeeDee (JAM)

After a long battle with the Oregon Medical Board (OMB), I’m grateful to say that chapter is behind me, and I am free. I am also blessed beyond measure to share life with my new wife, DeeDee Hoover. We have been working side by side for several years and co-authored the 2025 book VAX FACTS (Morgan & James No. 1 bestseller for 2025). The book makes clear that, for every childhood vaccine, the risks exceed the benefits. Deciding what is right for you and your family is deeply personal—and it’s something we coach parents through at https://www.kidsfirst4ever.com.
Our joint efforts moving forward are centered on one guiding principle: putting kids first. We do this through one-on-one coaching, and DeeDee continues to work hands-on with some newborns, offering bodywork that—by the families’ own reports—can be truly transformative. Parents often see less crying, improved sleep and feeding, support with tongue tie and scoliosis concerns, and guidance that goes far beyond the basics. Once you’ve met DeeDee in person or worked with either of us through coaching, you become family—with a direct line of communication and support.
​With Dr. Paul retired from clinical practice and DeeDee pivoting her energy toward her passion for helping children, we are united in creating a new space and resource for parents—one that fills a real and growing need.
​The mainstream medical model is broken beyond repair. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), representing approximately 67,000 pediatricians, continues to double down on the claim that vaccines are “safe and effective” and that children should receive between 70 and 100 doses throughout childhood. Meanwhile, parents are left searching for trustworthy information and meaningful community. That is what we aim to provide.
We will be publishing ongoing blogs on Substack with no paywall, alongside a paid community space designed to foster deeper connection and conversation. Inside the member community, we’ll host interactive groups, special posts, and videos focused on the issues that matter most to families and children.
​This work requires tremendous effort, but it is also what brings us the greatest joy. It reflects our shared purpose: to use the time we have to improve the health, freedom, and future of our children.
Dr. Paul will continue his podcast, CHDTV Pediatric Perspectives, available here: https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/browse-all/pediatric-perspectives-with-paul-thomas/
DeeDee and Dr. Paul will also be repurposing the podcast With the Wind to focus more directly on children’s and family wellness. Details are coming soon as we prepare to host it within the Substack members’ section: https://kidsfirst4ever.substack.com/
We warmly invite those who follow us on Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms to join us on Substack. To date, Substack remains one of the few major platforms that has not censored our voices or the critical information parents need to make informed decisions.
Happy New Year to everyone—and thank you to all who have supported us along the way. We are excited about this next chapter and look forward to building a strong, connected community of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and health-freedom and truth seekers.
As devastating as COVID and the shutdowns were, they also served as a wake-up call. They opened the eyes of millions to powerful forces seeking control. That awareness cannot be undone. The genie is out of the bottle. We can’t unsee what we’ve seen, and we can’t unknow what we now know.
​With gratitude,
Dr. Paul & DeeDee (Jam)
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