We Need Your Help to Fight RFK Jr. Right Now!
Do you part to protect vaccines by making a public comment TODAY
Do you want to stick it to RFK Jr. right now? Good. We have something just for you:
Earlier this week, we told you that RFK Jr. had completely demolished the CDC’s vaccine advisory council, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), and replaced about half of them with anti-vaxxers.
The next ACIP meeting is June 25–27 and (drum roll) the public can weigh in. Regulatory bodies like ACIP are required to accept public comments, which means you have the right to tell the government exactly how this reckless move affects you and your community.
We pulled together everything you need: simple steps, a draft comment, and how to submit. LFG!
How to Make a Public Comment at ACIP on RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaxx Nominations
Written Comments:
Go to the ACIP Meeting Website and scroll down to “How to submit a written public comment”
Click on the link to the “Federal eRulemaking Portal”
Enter Docket ID “CDC-2025-0024” in the Search field at the top of the page
Click on “Comment” at the bottom right of the result for: June 25-27, 2025 ACIP Meeting Notice
Review our below template and tweak to add your unique perspectives. Must be less than 5,000 words. We highly recommend you put this in your own words as public comments are…well…public and there is more value in seeing a range of unique perspectives than a copy/paste 50 times over.
Paste your final, personalized text into the “Comment” field.
Add any relevant attachments (e.g. implicating bios of the anti-vaxx candidates, junk science studies they’ve published, etc).
Add your email.
Select how you want to be acknowledged based on your circumstance: Individual (only representing yourself), Organization (writing on behalf of an employer), Anonymous (you do not want to be identified in the comment).
Congratulations! YOU SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT!
Oral Comments:
If you’re feeling extra frisky, you can register to make an oral comment which means you have the opportunity to speak live at the meeting. If this is right for you, follow the steps the below:
Select this option only if you would like to speak live on the virtual meeting.
Go to the ACIP Meeting Website and scroll down to “How to request to make an oral public comment.”
Complete your information to register and you will be confirmed via email by the CDC to speak.
Plan your talking points accordingly using our written public comment template below. Feel free to DM us if you want help with talking points.
Use this template to craft your public comment:
Personalize the italicized phrases for yourself. Try to put the rest in your own words so it’s not a straight copy/paste. These comments will be publicly available — it’s better to have some variety.
As [insert your personal background/reason this is important to you e.g. a parent, someone who is immunocompromised, a doctor, a caretaker for the elderly], I strongly oppose the nomination of Vicky Pebsworth, Martin Kulldorff, Retsef Levi, and Robert Malone [pick one and go in or do all of them] to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). These individuals do not fulfill the requirements for serving as an ACIP member as each of them has a well-documented history of spreading vaccine misinformation. One has even publicly admitted that he has minimal vaccine experience despite the requirement of needing to possess “an understanding of the vaccination and immunization issues covered by the ACIP”:
Vicky Pebsworth - She serves on the board of the National Vaccine Information Center, an organization that has widely been criticized as a source of vaccine misinformation.
Martin Kulldorff - After refusing the COVID-19 vaccine while in a teaching position, he pushed for relaxing COVID-19 restrictions for low risk groups at the height of the pandemic which is an unethical public health practice.
Retsef Levi - He has admitted, himself, that he has minimal vaccine experience yet he publicly wrote inaccurately that the mRNA vaccine causes death.
Robert W. Malone - He has incorrectly suggested that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could worsen infection.
These candidates, nominated by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have publicly questioned the safety and efficacy of vaccines, promoted debunked conspiracy theories, and aligned themselves with anti-science movements. It is also unclear to the public how these nominations will be judged given that the entire ACIP, including the Secretariat responsible for reviewing applicants and nominees, has been disbanded.
ACIP plays a critical role in shaping vaccine policy in the United States — guiding decisions that directly impact public health, safety, and trust in science. Appointing individuals who reject the scientific consensus on vaccines undermines the integrity of the committee’s work and threatens the health of millions of Americans, particularly the most vulnerable: infants, immunocompromised individuals, and the elderly.
We are already seeing the consequences of anti-vaccine rhetoric in the U.S.: falling childhood vaccination rates, the resurgence of diseases like measles, and growing public confusion. Placing vaccine skeptics in a position of influence within ACIP would further erode public confidence and lead to measurable harm.
I urge the committee to reject these nominations and uphold the rigorous, science-based standards that have long defined ACIP’s role. The health of our communities - and the credibility of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - depend on it.
Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]
[Your City, State]
[Optional: Relevant professional background or lived experience / short bio]
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the doctrine of Laissez faire has never done more harm that its application to murderous public health policies. Just wander around cemeteries with burials from 18th and 19th century to realize how many children did not survive childhood due to the lethal diseases for which there were no vaccines. Laissez Faire was also unforgivably allowed to perpetrate a genocide against the American continent's indigenous people because small pox ripped through their populations before "herd immunity" could take hold. As vaccine usage plummets due to lethally misinformed groups of parents. the holocaust of highly communicable childhood diseases is allowed to run amok. The same people who rail against our falling birth rate seem to ignore the growing death rate from preventable disease. RFK and his deluded followers are setting the world up for medieval plagues and death rates.