{"id":63127,"date":"2026-01-14T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63127"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:23:39","slug":"cbs-reporter-walks-straight-into-a-buzzsaw-as-rfk-jr-dismantles-her-entire-rotavirus-fear-narrative-on-live-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63127","title":{"rendered":"CBS Reporter Walks Straight Into a Buzzsaw as RFK Jr. Dismantles Her Entire Rotavirus Fear Narrative on Live TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CBS_Reporter_and_JFK.jpg\" alt=\"CBS Reporter and JFK\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CBS_Reporter_and_JFK.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CBS_Reporter_and_JFK-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: \u201cBefore [the rotavirus] vaccine went into use, there were thousands of kids who were hospitalized every year \u2026 Do you really want to go back to those times?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KENNEDY: \u201cWell, Rotavirus killed approximately three children a year [in the US]. And I think since the rotavirus vaccine has been recommended, that\u2019s dropped around two children a year. And you\u2019re giving 3 million vaccines. And so to prevent one death, you have to give\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER INTERRUPTS: \u201cThousands of hospitalizations, which is serious. Right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KENNEDY: \u201cWell, if you\u2019re giving 3 million vaccines to prevent one death, then you have to make sure that the vaccines are not causing any damage. And various rotavirus vaccines have been linked to very, very serious and deadly diseases, including intussusception (when one part of the intestine slides into another like a telescope).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: \u201cOkay, well, I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s the scientific consensus about the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KENNEDY: \u201cIt was actually withdrawn because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER went silent<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;#10&#8243;&gt;Hydrogen Peroxide Foot Soak&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\/Blog\/Twitter<br \/>\nHydrogen Peroxide Foot Soak<\/p>\n<p>Click to view the video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_learnskills\/status\/2011085930229268921?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/_learnskills\/status\/2011085930229268921?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPORTER: \u201cBefore [the rotavirus] vaccine went into use, there were thousands of kids who were hospitalized every year \u2026 Do you really want to go back to those times?\u201d KENNEDY: \u201cWell, Rotavirus killed approximately three children a year [in the US]. And I think since the rotavirus vaccine has been recommended, that\u2019s dropped around two &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CBS Reporter Walks Straight Into a Buzzsaw as RFK Jr. Dismantles Her Entire Rotavirus Fear Narrative on Live TV&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63129,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127\/revisions\/63129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}