Texas's Attorney General Is Investigating Pediatricians Over Vaccination
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has opened investigations against pediatricians because they vaccinated their patients, according to New York Times reporting cited by Ars Technica. Paxton claims vaccines are part of a "multi-level, multi-industry scheme," a claim Ars Technica describes as false.
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Critics cited by Ars Technica say the campaign looks aimed less at public health than at currying favor with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump and their supporters, as Paxton runs for the US Senate.
Motive and effect are separate questions. An investigation aimed at doctors is a fact about pediatric practice whatever prompted it — and the American Academy of Pediatrics has spent the past year defending vaccines it calls safe, routine shots that have saved millions of lives.