What Can RFK Actually Do and the History of Anti-Vaccine Movements with Jonathan Berman

What Can RFK Actually Do and the History of Anti-Vaccine Movements with Jonathan Berman

Author: Time To Say Goodbye September 3, 2025 Duration: 1:06:14

Hello!

Today, we have on a promised guest, Jonathan M Berman, an assistant professor in Basic Sciences at New York Institute of Technology, Arkansas, the co-chair of the 2017 March for Science, and the author of a 2020 book called Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement. In light of last week’s turmoil and spate of resignations and firings at the CDC stemming from changes to vaccine policy, we wanted to invite Jonathan on to talk about the anti-vaccination movement and how it’s been turbo-charged by the rise of RFK.

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