This article was originally published in Alix Mayer’s Medical Freedom Newsletter on Substack.
It was a grandstanding, not a hearing.
Most Senators couldn’t hear RFK Jr.’s answers to their questions about whether or not he supported vaccines. I did enjoy Elizabeth Warren’s and Bernie Sanders’ temper tantrums.
I particularly appreciated Senator Ron Johnson and Senator Rand Paul. Thank you.
While RFK Jr. frequently says he is “pro-vaccine,” he has more accurately stated he’ll support vaccines “when they are safe.” I know people are upset that he said he was “pro-vaccine” in the Senate hearings and that he said he “supported the children’s vaccine schedule.”
I think RFK Jr. should have bifurcated the vaccine conversation. I’ll show you how.
We have the next four years to make a difference, with the momentum of the MAHA movement. We all need to have successful vaccine conversations, so this is not just for RFK Jr. It is for you and everyone you want to be successful as well.
Here’s a preview of what to say:
I’m going to join you in presuming the benefits and efficacy of vaccines, but you have to meet me halfway and agree that we need to ensure the vaccines are safe. I’m not going to discuss the benefits again until you understand the harms.
Ahem, forward this.
“The” Vaccine Conversation
It’s always the same.
Someone asks if you are anti-vaccine.
You say something about the harms of vaccines.
The other person now has deaf ears for the rest of your conversation.
90% of the time their face becomes distraught, then they shriek, “What about polio!?”
Translation: “Vaccines eradicated polio because everyone got polio vaccines. Your questioning of the safety might make people not want to get vaccines.”
You’re thinking, what does polio eradication have to do with the topic of vaccines causing harm?
They’re thinking, this anti-vaxxer wants to bring back polio and kill everyone!
You can’t launch into what you know about the current polio vaccine, which does not prevent transmission, but was designed only to protect the recipient’s own nervous system should they get polio.
You can’t talk about how the definition of polio was changed to make it more difficult to diagnose polio after the vaccine came out.
You can’t talk about the fact that polio cases track levels of DDT spraying, and polio practically vanished when DDT spraying stopped.
And you certainly can’t talk about the work of Dr. Andrew Kaufman or Dr. Tom Cowan… no, definitely don’t go there.
You’ve read Dissolving Illusions and many, many other well-documented pieces of literature on the history of those vaccines, and you know that the story of vaccines eradicating polio and smallpox is the adult version of believing in Vaccine Santa, the Vaccine Bunny, or the Vaccine Fairy.
You might be vaccine-injured like I am, or your kids may be vaccine-injured, but the other person thinks that your and your family’s suffering and unbearably high out-of-pocket medical expenses are worth it since they didn’t — or they think they didn’t — suffer any vaccine side effects.
“So you tamp down your emotions one more time, and bifurcate the conversation.
Vaccine Conversation Bifurcation
Your conversation partner – like Beth or Bernie – only wants to talk about the benefits of vaccines.
You are talking about the harms. They cannot stay on topic.
You are having two different conversations and you don’t even realize it.
Your conversation partner is incapable of fixing this — it’s up to you.
You need to bifurcate the conversation.
How to Bifurcate “The” Vaccine Conversation
Them: “What about polio?”
You: “Listen, I’m going to join you in presuming the efficacy and benefits of vaccines, and we can presume they eradicated smallpox and polio, and that vaccines are going to stay on the market.”
Them: Really? I thought this was an anti-vaxxer who wants all vaccines to go away …
You: “And since I’m joining you in presuming the benefits, I need you to meet me halfway. Isn’t it important that the vaccines are also as safe as possible?”
Them: “Of course. They’ve all been safety tested.”
You: “Well, it turns out that the government has never adequately safety-tested vaccines. The best studies have been done by private researchers with private money.”
Them: “Certainly our government has done those studies.”
You: “They haven’t, but listen. If you’re open to starting this conversation, I will not talk about vaccine benefits or vaccine efficacy with you until you understand the harms. The conversation about harms doesn’t happen all at once. It happens little by little, sometimes over years. I am not trying to convince you to be anti-vaccine. I just want you to be open to the possibility of under-reported harms. Would you like me to recommend one thing to read or watch?”
When someone finally understands the harms, they realize that the potential for harm far outweighs any benefits.
You never end up talking about the benefits again.
You’ve had both conversations by focusing only on one.
In 1996, Ms. Mayer was running a worldwide research group for Apple Inc., when she got 6 vaccines for a vacation and became disabled, brain damaged and lost her career. Now substantially recovered, she is Board Chair & President of Free Now Foundation, the leading medical freedom law non-profit in California.
Ms. Mayer is an in-demand speaker, and her lively presentations on 1/ The Measles Manipulation of RFK Jr., 2/ REAL ID: Weaponized Architecture, 3/ ABV: Anything But Vaccines and 4/ The Legal Howdunit of COVID have earned her recognition and accolades. "I know women in VP positions who do not hold a candle to this woman's sunlight," stated a commenter on a recent interview with Mike Adams, "She gives me hope that humanity still lives."
Ms. Mayer formerly served on the Children's Health Defense (CHD) board, co-founded & served as Chairman of CHD’s most successful Chapter in California, helping raise in excess of $5M, and served on RFK Jr’s Presidential campaign finance committee, raising hundreds of thousands for the campaign.
In 2022, she won the Golden Bear Award and a presentation she gave to Dr. Mercola was named a "Best of" interview. Her favorite award is her "Freedominator" Rock given by Marin Freedom Rising in 2023. Ms. Mayer grew up in the Oscar Mayer family, and has degrees from Duke (BA) and Northwestern (MBA.)
Excellent tips on how to communicate with people who believe the vaccine mantra of “safe and effective.”
Thanks Alix for all your good work! So many people believe the false narrative re vaccines. RFK jr has had such a bad rap the democrats are so stuck in a false narrative and I think if they listened to what RFK jr and President Trump want to do to safety test vaccines, food etc There are way too many vaccines in California. I luckily had 4 home births in UK no drugs given and my kids were never vaccinated now grown up and are very healthy. I treated the childhood diseases with Homeopathy and Herbs. I am now the proud grandmother of 7 most of whom live here and unfortunately are partly vaccinated.
Alix, what would be the best example of a “safe” vaccine?
I’m keeping in mind that “safe” only exists where the strictest manufacturing (and corporate!) standards are in play.
Hi Rick, we agree that there aren’t any examples of a safe vaccine. In Alix’s words, “I don’t know of any.”
This “bifurcated” conversation is skillful, and in keeping with the superb job Del Bigtree did recently scolding the mainstream press for not doing their job, and not doing their job, and not doing their . . .
My experience is that 1 on 1 conversations are much easier than Senate hearings with bought politicians. I just launch into the science. “You know how vaccines work, right? They use toxic metals to create an immune response to a dead version of the disease….” or “The scientific method uses a statistical comparison with placebo. But the mathematics doesn’t work when you just use other versions of the vaccine. I just want to get back to placebo testing.” or “These product are put out by Big Pharma that engages in regulatory and media capture …” I find these points get people listening. 🙂
I just can’t be authentic in the conversation with the presumption of effectiveness.