Jake Scott, MD
Infection diseases doctor | Stanford Clinical Associate Professor
Focused on vaccines, data transparency, and antimicrobial stewardship.
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- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDPeople who oppose #vaccines often claim that doctors push them because they're paid to by Pharma or that vaccine administration is a big revenue source for doctors. The reality: Delivering vaccine puts an economic strain on many pediatric practices. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/p...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDAOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDAlex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by federal immigration agents Saturday, worked as a nurse treating sick veterans, according to family, friends and colleagues – a reflection of his deep desire to help others, they said. cnn.it/4bcuwlz
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThe CDC reduced the number of vaccines recommended for all children. Parents will likely be able to get their kids vaccinated following the old schedule if they’d like to, but doctors worry the changes could reduce future vaccine access.
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDVaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them part 2: vaccines don't cause autism, SIDS, etc', VAERS does not show causation, the flu shot will not cause influenza, and mRNA vaccines do not cause cancer, explains @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MD"...shared clinical decision-making is usually reserved for complicated medical calls ...These vaccines, ...have clear evidence of benefit for all children," explains @jakescottmd.bsky.social to @robsteinnews.bsky.social on @npr.org. www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDVaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them: with @cidrap.bsky.social's help, @jakescottmd.bsky.social takes on myths about vaccines testing, vaccinated v. unvaccinated kids, vaccine ingredients, and the number of vaccines on the schedule. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDCIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2 by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social bit.ly/4pJnt7w
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDCIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 by Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social bit.ly/3LJtDX8
- New from @cidrap.bsky.social: Part 2 of my series on persistent vaccine myths. This one covers vaccines and autism, VAERS misuse, "the flu shot gave me the flu," and mRNA/turbo cancer claims. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDCIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2 by @jakescottMD Today's myths include "Vaccines cause autism," "VAERS proves vaccines kill people," "Natural immunity is better," and "mRNA vaccines cause turbo cancers." www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- The Guinea-Bissau hep B trial is the clearest example yet of policy-based evidence-making. Design a study that can’t detect benefit (42-day mortality for a disease that kills at 40), skip maternal screening in a 19% prevalence setting, then declare “no effect found”Great work @lizszabo.bsky.social
- This study is like the Schrodinger's Cat of vaccine research. The Africa CDC says it's been canceled. HHS says it's not. Controversial CDC Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau May Be Canceled www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Africa CDC says it’s cancelled. HHS says it’s proceeding. But the reality: HHS is revising the protocol after the grant was awarded, and Africa CDC says it only moves forward if redesigned ethically. 2/
- The study as leaked — no maternal screening, impossible endpoints, 7,000 unvaccinated infants — appears to be dead. Whatever emerges will be a different trial. That’s what sustained international pressure can do. Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- I wrote a two-part series for @cidrap.bsky.social examining the most persistent vaccine myths and what the evidence actually shows. Part 1 is up now: www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDCIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 @jakescottMD Today's myths: "Vaccines were never properly tested," "Vaccinated and unvaccinated kids haven’t been compared," "The ingredients are toxic," and "Too many, too soon." www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThe U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is not a list doctors randomly decided on. It evolved over decades in response to deadly outbreaks, hard lessons and rigorous research. Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way. buff.ly/Y6H0LZj #VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
- Excellent piece from @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com on what the science actually shows about flu vaccines. Honored to contribute alongside colleagues doing critical work on this topic. www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/h...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDWhen political appointees rewrote U.S. vaccination policy, they removed meningococcal vaccine from the list of those recommended for all kids. It protects against a rare but devastating illness with a high fatality rate. @jakescottmd.bsky.social's take is worth the read. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDJake Scott, MD: The Meningococcal Vaccine Just Got Downgraded. Here's What That Means. bit.ly/4suniQd by @jakescottmd.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDDid slashing multiple vaccines from the childhood vaccine schedule bring the US in line with other countries? In a word, no. The US now recommends all kids be protected against fewer diseases than South Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan & many more. www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
- Great explainer by @thisisaimeec.bsky.social in @sciencenews.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MD"On Monday, the Trump administration carried out the most significant weakening of federal vaccine guidance in modern public health history" @doritreiss.bsky.social and I were interviewed here - #MedSky + #PedSky. And @jakescottmd.bsky.social is quoted. thedispatch.com/article/rfk-...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDZero surprise. RFK Jr et al = hypocrisy machine. Promise: transparency, good science, & NO conflicts. Reality: LESS transparency, NO science, & MORE conflicts. Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n... @statnews
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDQuiet dismantling: How ‘shared decision-making’ harms kids: it is valid when there is a genuine question re benefits v. risks, and individual factors matter. Here, it's used when benefits outweigh risks, to cast doubt. @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDTrump told health officials to align the U.S. vaccination schedule with "peer" countries. They did the opposite. Other high-income countries are “moving towards more protection,” and we were the leaders, @jakescottmd.bsky.social told me. Now we're lagging behind. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Career CDC scientists were blindsided by Monday's vaccine schedule changes. No consultation with experts. A 31-page presentation showing the US isn't an outlier was ignored. @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, & @paigecunningham.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
- The recommendations aren’t “really about aligning with peer nations. It’s about finding a justification for this predetermined conclusion. They want to do away with vaccines.” Thanks for the great reporting, @melodyschreiber.com, as always. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MD"High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say @gavinyamey.bsky.social and Jonathan Shaffer." www.bmj.com/content/392/...
- The administration can claim it has not eliminated childhood vaccine recommendations while functionally undermining them. My latest in @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDCIDRAP Op-Ed: Quiet dismantling: How ‘shared decision-making’ weakens vaccine policy and harms kids by @jakescottMD The category sounds reasonable, even collaborative. It is neither. And it will put children’s health and lives at risk. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThe U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is not a list doctors randomly decided on. It evolved over decades in response to deadly outbreaks, hard lessons and rigorous research. Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way. buff.ly/Y6H0LZj #VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
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- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDRFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record theconversation.com/rfk-jr-guts-... by @jakescottmd.bsky.social New policy ignores evidence, twists facts, fearmongers about risks, and will confuse... Soon: on CHED880 with @ctheriault.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDFantastic explainer here from @jakescottmd.bsky.social on shared clinical decision-making, its legitimate history, and how it's being repurposed for ideological goals.
- CIDRAP Op-Ed: Quiet dismantling: How ‘shared decision-making’ weakens vaccine policy and harms kids by @jakescottMD The category sounds reasonable, even collaborative. It is neither. And it will put children’s health and lives at risk. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- Denmark is moving toward more vaccines while we adopt the schedule they’re abandoning. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
- Three weeks ago I explained in @statnews.com why adopting Denmark’s vaccine schedule would leave American children unprotected. Today HHS did it anyway. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
- 1/ HHS just announced the most significant rollback of childhood vaccine recommendations in modern American history. Seven vaccines are being moved to “shared clinical decision-making,” a category that sounds reasonable but functionally ensures millions of children won’t receive them.🧵
- 2/ 3/The vaccines affected: rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B. These aren’t marginal interventions. Hep B vaccination has reduced childhood infections by 99% since 1991. Rotavirus vaccines cut hospitalizations by over 90%.
- 3/ Shared clinical decision-making sounds benign. It isn’t. The category was created for genuine clinical equipoise, where individual factors meaningfully shift the risk-benefit calculus. That’s not the case for any of these seven vaccines.
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View full thread13/ Thanks to @helenbranswell.bsky.social and @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social at @statnews.com for covering this important news so quickly. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDHow is it possible that in the year 2025 a clinical trial is NOT publicly registered?
- 🧪 Clinical trials need to be registered publicly Search of international platform for trials in children on hepatitis B & Guinea Bissau doesn’t find any registered trials 🙏 @melodyschreiber.com @gavinyamey.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social www.who.int/tools/clinic...
- The doctors who broke from the consensus to prescribe ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine accessed a cash-pay economy with 500% revenue premiums. The organizations that fundraise on vaccine injury have professional staffs, 8-figure budgets, and executives earning more than most hospital administrators
- The "pharma shill" charge persists not because it's true but because it's useful. It discredits doctors while shielding those who actually profit from vaccine doubt. I examined the economics here: open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
- Year measles was declared eliminated from the US: 2000. Measles deaths in the US, 2000-2024: 3. Measles deaths in the US, 2025 alone: 3. Deaths from the MMR vaccine in healthy people: 0
- The US #measles count for this year has topped 2,000 cases for the first time since 1992. These are confirmed cases only, ie there have been more. 3 reported deaths. The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDMany thanks @nytimes.com for highlighting our recent @jama.com paper led by @nathanlo.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social Trump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
- The "pharma shill" charge persists not because it's true but because it's useful. It discredits doctors while shielding those who actually profit from vaccine doubt. I examined the economics here: open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDWhy Denmark’s vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States: "...the two countries have fundamentally different health care systems, disease burdens, and policy priorities." www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d... via @statnews.com @jakescottmd.bsky.social
- "'In the face of the US canceling all this funding for vulnerable countries, and then it’s still going to pay for this research to be done – that is really worrying,' @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social said..." 1/2 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- “It seems to say we don’t value your lives enough to continue to provide support overall, but we won’t hesitate to experiment with your population.” - @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Important point. This Guinea-Bissau hep B study design is appalling, and the ramifications are enormous.
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThis is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDIt is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDIt would seem that the anti-vaccine movement's focus on autism is just a way to reduce vaccines, period. They don't actually care about autism.
- 4/ I think Denmark's appeal is simpler. Del Bigtree told @washingtonpost.com that the "medical freedom" movement has always touted Denmark. "Our belief is there are just too many vaccines." It's the minimal schedule they want. @lenasun.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
- 1/ Great question, @jeisinger.bsky.social. My understanding is that Danish autism rates look lower, but it's largely a measurement difference. I don't think that's actually why Denmark attracted the vaccine-skeptic crowd.
- One question I have, @jakescottmd.bsky.social, is whether Danish autism rates are lower? Is that what attracted the anti-vax crowd to Denmark in the first place? And if so, is that an artifact of diagnosis?
- 2/ The US actively searches for cases, including kids in special ed without a formal diagnosis. Denmark only counts hospital psychiatric diagnoses. Kids getting school support without seeing a psychiatrist don't show up in Danish stats.
- 3/ When Danish researchers follow cohorts into adolescence, their cumulative rate approaches US numbers. Suggests they're finding the same people, just later or through different channels. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30398592/
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View full thread7/ And Hviid, author on those studies and an official at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, told WaPo he doesn't think the US following Denmark makes scientific sense. "Public health is not one size fits all. It's population specific and dynamic. Denmark and the US are two very different countries."
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDExcellent piece that explains why Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule isn’t right for the United States. Every major publication should run a piece like this. @jakescottmd.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
- RSV season is here. A reminder that we can now prevent most severe disease—one of the biggest respiratory virus advances in decades. @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDShould the US adopt Denmark's vaccine schedule for children? @jakescottmd.bsky.social argues no in a piece that points out the risks such a move would pose for American kids. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDNot recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children. Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children. This is a deadly policy change. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThank you so much for writing this! As a pediatric nurse for more almost 40 years, I’ve seen what many of those diseases can do. I’ve seen the better outcomes for children. I cannot understand wanting to go back to children dying from vaccine preventable illness!
- Denmark’s vaccine schedule is the most minimalist in the developed world. So why is HHS trying to adopt it? My new piece in @statnews.com. Huge thanks to @thekibosch.bsky.social for the lightning-fast turnaround and sharp editing. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDHHS appoints anti-vaccine activists to IACC. Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism. It's no friend to autistics and their families. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
- If only we could try to emulate Denmark’s gun laws instead of its vaccine schedule
- HHS is reportedly planning to adopt Denmark’s vaccine schedule. The comparison driving this policy is totally misguided, and the consequences for American children would be severe. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDThe simplistic claims by the anti-vaccine cadre at HHS misrepresents the true comparison of vaccines between the U.S. and Denmark and ignores the real differences between the countries. It's deceptive. Dr. @jakescottmd.bsky.social has the details and receipts. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
- There's a lot of very misleading information coming from HHS & ACIP about RSV immunization. It's very concerning. RSV immunization is extremely effective and safe and these tools should not be undermined by people in positions of power who are flat out wrong. 1/2 www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/h...
- I wrote more about it here for @quillette.bsky.social: quillette.com/2025/08/23/a...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDMy latest: Last month, RFK Jr.'s dep. sec. staged something of a coup against FDA boss Marty Makary. The White House waved it off. But what a year: 4,000 staff out, a drop in foreign inspections and $$ restrictions that left lab staff sitting idle. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
- Reposted by Jake Scott, MDRFK Jr. promised Senator Bill Cassidy that he wouldn’t change the vaccine schedule and wouldn’t mess with the CDC website’s statement that vaccines don’t cause autism etc. Anyone who cared enough to look beneath the surface would have seen why so many of us opposed and oppose him.
- HHS is reportedly planning to adopt Denmark’s vaccine schedule. The comparison driving this policy is totally misguided, and the consequences for American children would be severe. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
