Federal officials’ suggestions that vaccines may cause autism are contradicted by decades of peer-reviewed studies, writes retired Santa Cruz physician Jeoffry B. Gordon, who warns that reframing settled science as “bias” undermines trust and leaves families vulnerable to preventable disease.
Jeoffry B. Gordon
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RFK Jr. is not healthy for children and other living Americans
Santa Cruz physician Jeoffry B. Gordon warns that RFK Jr.’s new vaccine restrictions threaten public health, especially amid a growing U.S. measles outbreak. Kennedy’s limits on COVID-19 vaccine licensing exclude healthy children, pregnant women and others, creating confusion and reduced access.
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Don’t be confused by RFK Jr.’s federal COVID-19 vaccine policy – protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the agency will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children, adults under 65 or pregnant women shocked the medical community and contradicted long-standing scientific consensus and public health protocols, writes retired Santa Cruz physician Jeoffry B. Gordon.
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Measles is spreading in Texas – we are safe here, but Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s incompetence is staggering
Measles is spreading in Texas, writes retired Santa Cruz physician Jeoffry B. Gordon, which should concern us all. We are safe in Santa Cruz County, largely because 95% of school-age children are vaccinated, he writes, but our government’s response to the outbreak is “shockingly inadequate.” He worries about misinformation about vaccines, vaccine skeptics whose views he calls “dangerous to others” and the way President Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has minimized the seriousness of the outbreak.
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As bird flu infects people, cows in Central Valley, our health officials can’t let post-COVID guard down
COVID-19 is no longer the public threat it was in 2020, writes retired Santa Cruz physician Jeoffry Gordon, but our public officials have not learned from the tragedy. Bird flu, known as H5N1, is on the rise in the nation and in California, which had its first animal-to-human transmission in the Central Valley four weeks ago. Here, Gordon explains the sort of testing we are not doing and asks citizens to contact the governor and other officials to ask them to be more proactive to prevent another possible pandemic.
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We lost one baby to abuse and neglect in Santa Cruz County – how many more will it take before we change our policies?
Four children – including a Santa Cruz toddler who died of a possible fentanyl overdose – have suffered tragic, violent and unnecessary deaths in the Bay Area in the past two years, writes retired Santa Cruz family physician Jeoffry B. Gordon. He believes our child welfare system failed these kids and that we need to rethink policies, particularly reforms prioritizing family preservation. He is also appalled at the lack of accountability and transparency in Santa Cruz County’s Child Protective Services and calls on the board of supervisors to take action.