Danish Vaccine Theories Step Into the RFK Jr. Policy Spotlight
Danish researchers Peter Aaby and Christine Benn have long argued that vaccines confer non-specific effects that alter overall child survival, a claim that has drawn both praise and fierce criticism. With RFK Jr. shaping US vaccine policy, their work gained political traction, helping justify significant funding shifts and sparking ethical and methodological scrutiny in Denmark. A Bandim Health Project hepatitis B birth-dose study in Guinea-Bissau is paused amid ethics concerns, while independent studies and WHO positions remain skeptical of the broader non-specific effects claim. The article traces how science, funding, and politics intersect as the debate intensifies.