Who will take over for Gavi, Mr. Kennedy?

27 Jun

No one.

And that tells us this isn’t about “gold standard science” or anything else. Mr. Kennedy just wanted to remove a major source of vaccination in the world. He had the power, so he used it.

What’s this all about, Matt? Here’s the background: Gavi is an international vaccine alliance. The United States is part of the alliance and contributed $400m last year. And Mr. Kennedy just pulled America out (U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated)

Mr. Kennedy would like us all to spend time debating his reasoning. He says Gavi has “ignored the science” and “lost the public trust.” I’m sure many people will discuss how that’s nonsense. Perhaps by noting that Mr. Kennedy starts by saying that Gavi and WHO were mean to him by asking social media companies to de emphasize his misinformation. Simply put, Mr. Kennedy is saying, “this is payback”.

But let me bring this back to the simple question of: who will the U.S. choose to perform the job Gavi has been doing?

No one. Mr. Kennedy doesn’t mention who the US will fund to provide the life saving vaccines Gavi did. Or even that there is an interest in continuing the program.

And that’s critical. He saw the chance to stop people from getting vaccinated and he took it.


by Matt Carey

One Response to “Who will take over for Gavi, Mr. Kennedy?”

  1. Sullivan (Matt Carey) June 27, 2025 at 00:18 #

    Another way to put this: If the mission were important to Mr. Kennedy, he’d have supported the mission continuing. Even if Gavi isn’t involved.

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