Trump Vaccine Backlash, MMR Autism Study, Food Policy Reforms, Parasite Chronic Illness, Lupulus Humulus, Vaccine Safety Report, Matt Warnock, RidgeCrest Herbals, Cam Newton Backs Aaron Rodgers, and MORE!

Aug 12, 2026 3-5pm ET

Wednesday on The Robert Scott Bell Show:

Hour 1

Doctors say to ignore Trump as he cites hearsay to upend vaccines amid historic measles outbreak President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 10 seeking to remake childhood vaccination recommendations by calling for immunizations to be administered during separate medical visits and for the eventual breakup of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three single-disease shots once available, while asserting without citing studies that the combined MMR shot could be “quite lethal” or “explosive” based on what he had heard from some people. Pediatricians, infectious disease specialists and physicians groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America condemned the order as lacking scientific justification and risking reduced vaccination rates amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in more than 30 years. Former CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases leader Dr. Demetre Daskalakis described the order as public health policy by vibes created through hearsay and bad advice, calling it non-implementable and not science-based, and advised parents to listen to their pediatrician and ignore the order because vaccines work. The order narrows routine recommendations to 11 diseases while shifting others to high-risk or shared clinical decision-making categories and builds on prior administration efforts. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, stated the president lacks the expertise to make these changes, that vaccines are safe and effective and do not cause autism, and that parents should follow their child’s pediatrician rather than an inaccurate executive order. Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are not currently available in the United States, and manufacturers have warned that requiring additional appointments could lead to delayed or missed vaccinations.

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Vaccine Cartel Desperately Clings to New MMR Vaccine–Autism “No Link” Study Riddled With Major Flaws A new study published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal analyzing 2.56 million children and promoted as disproving an MMR-autism association is criticized for major methodological shortcomings including the absence of a truly unvaccinated control group, as comparison children lacked only a recorded MMR dose and could have received other vaccines with 62.1 percent of the overall cohort having a PCV booster. Autism diagnoses relied solely on ICD-10 F84.0 encounter codes from electronic health records without clinical adjudication, ADOS testing, chart review, or parent interviews, with nearly 9 percent of cases based on a single encounter, while vaccine status came from Epic records without independent state registry confirmation, parent interviews, or external verification. The study used a narrow “childhood autism” code rather than the broader F84 spectrum, making its 2.55 percent prevalence not directly comparable to the national 3.2 percent benchmark that reflects the full spectrum, a limitation the authors acknowledge. Supplemental materials show possible coding inconsistencies such as maternal diabetes defined with O23 codes also used for genitourinary infections, and sex listed as a confounder in the DAG but absent from the primary adjustment model. The author contrasts this with a review of 136 studies on childhood vaccines or components in which 107 suggested a possible association with ASD or other neurodevelopmental disorders, and notes that 12 studies comparing fully vaccinated to completely unvaccinated children found better health outcomes including lower autism risks in the unvaccinated groups, arguing that no study has evaluated the cumulative safety of the entire pediatric schedule for later neurodevelopmental outcomes.

‘Parents Should Not Need a Chemistry Degree’: RFK Jr. Proposes Key Food Policy Reforms HHS on Monday proposed requiring food manufacturers to notify the FDA whenever they determine that an ingredient added to human or animal food is generally recognized as safe or GRAS, ending the current practice that allows companies to make those decisions without informing regulators, while also submitting the federal government’s first proposed definition of ultraprocessed foods for final FDA review. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated that parents should not need a chemistry degree to understand what their children are eating and that Americans deserve real transparency and real food. Congress created the GRAS exemption in 1958 for familiar ingredients such as salt and vinegar, but manufacturers have used it to introduce more than 10,000 inadequately studied additives with little or no FDA oversight, creating what Kennedy called a major blind spot. The proposal would expand the FDA’s public database of GRAS notices and give the agency 180 days to evaluate submissions, allowing companies to begin selling products during review, though it would not require premarket approval which would need congressional action. Advocates welcomed the steps toward transparency but noted they would not halt new ingredients or fully address existing additives already in the food supply, with some questioning FDA staffing levels for reviewing a tremendous backlog. Kennedy linked ultraprocessed foods, which comprise nearly 60 percent of the American diet and up to 70 percent for children, to rising obesity and chronic disease rates and described food as the most powerful tool against the chronic disease epidemic, with a federal definition potentially enabling future front-of-package labeling.

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Parasites: The Hidden Driver of Chronic Illness Nobody Wants to Talk About Parasites including protozoa such as Giardia, Toxoplasma gondii and Babesia, helminths like roundworms, tapeworms and flukes, and ectoparasites are far more common than generally recognized, with the World Health Organization estimating soil-transmitted helminths alone infect about 1.5 billion people worldwide, and many infections remaining asymptomatic for years while acquired through contaminated water, undercooked food, soil, pets, insect bites or person-to-person contact. In the gut they damage the intestinal lining, disrupt the microbiome, compete for nutrients and drive inflammation leading to bloating, irregular bowel movements, food sensitivities and malabsorption of B12, iron and zinc; they can suppress or dysregulate the immune system in ways that resemble autoimmunity; and organisms capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier such as Toxoplasma gondii form cysts in brain tissue linked to dopamine changes, behavioral shifts and associations with schizophrenia, while neurocysticercosis from Taenia solium larvae is a leading cause of acquired epilepsy detectable by MRI or CT when suspected. Symptoms range from abdominal issues, anemia and fatigue to skin problems, joint pain, anxiety, brain fog, seizures and neurological decline, yet parasites are rarely screened in chronic illness workups without clear travel or GI flags. Lyme disease is bacterial but often co-occurs with the parasite Babesia transmitted by the same ticks; biofilms formed by parasites, bacteria and fungi shield organisms from immune cells and medications, often requiring disruptors such as enzymes before antiparasitics; mold toxicity and MARCoNS frequently coexist and compound immune suppression. Mebendazole, albendazole and ivermectin are standard for specific helminths with combination data showing improved efficacy against whipworm, and research explores their potential anticancer effects via microtubule disruption including improved response rates in metastatic colorectal cancer trials and blood-brain barrier penetration for brain tumors. Mexican clinicians observing over 350 autism cases reported consistent parasitic findings including brain-related evidence, presented as clinical observation rather than peer-reviewed data, while a retired mortician’s anecdotes of heavy infestations in “natural causes” deaths illustrate under-recognition. Treatment approaches emphasize sequenced pharmaceuticals or herbals such as black walnut, wormwood and clove with biofilm disruptors and binders to manage die-off, alongside terrain support, low-sugar diets, fasting and prevention through hygiene and cooking practices, with seasonal cleanses sometimes used for maintenance.

Hour 2

Trump’s Executive Order Gives Revived Task Force 90 Days to Produce Vaccine Safety Report An executive order signed Monday directs the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines to develop a new approach to the timing and sequencing of childhood immunizations, explore alternatives to aluminum-containing adjuvants, and continuously evaluate the risks and benefits of childhood vaccines, with plans to be delivered to the White House within 90 days. The panel, reestablished months after attorney Ray Flores with funding from Children’s Health Defense sued HHS for decades of noncompliance with the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which requires the secretary to promote vaccines with fewer and less serious adverse reactions, establish a task force of NIH, FDA and CDC directors, and periodically report to Congress on safety efforts. Flores’ lawsuit noted that a 1990 task force was disbanded in 1998 and never revived, while the childhood schedule expanded from four vaccines in 1983 to more than 75 doses across 19 vaccines by 2025, and prior efforts including a 2018 Kennedy lawsuit found HHS could not locate the required reports. HHS reinstated the task force in August 2025 shortly before its response deadline in the Flores case, with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya as chairman working with the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines. Experts including Dr. Jane Orient questioned reliance on government-approved experts with potential conflicts, Dr. Michael Palmer noted challenges in achieving unbiased review and translating findings into action, and CHD scientist Karl Jablonowski observed that policies set by executive order can be reversed and that limited time remains before the next election. The first major test will be the panel’s proposals due within 90 days.

Cam Newton backs Aaron Rodgers, claiming NFL ‘players, coaches and executives’ used fake COVID vaccine cards Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton, speaking on his “4th & 1” podcast, claimed that multiple players, coaches and executives fraudulently obtained COVID vaccination cards during the 2021 NFL protocols that required shots for team employees to avoid daily testing, masking and distancing rules, stating that nurses made significant money selling the cards and that he knew people in the locker room who did not get the shot but paid for a card. Newton’s comments support recent remarks by Aaron Rodgers on “The Pat McAfee Show,” where Rodgers suggested many people used fake vaccination cards that looked as if they were written in crayon, while unvaccinated players faced second-class treatment including yellow armbands, restricted training and limits on group sizes. Rodgers made the comments while criticizing Anthony Fauci’s Senate testimony in which Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. Newton, who was unvaccinated while with the New England Patriots, experienced protocol issues after a medical appointment that led to a five-day re-entry cadence, lost practice time, his starting job to Mac Jones and eventual release from the team, later saying he felt bamboozled. The article notes that while Newton recalled the practice starting in 2020, the relevant NFL protocols began in 2021.

Questions of The Day!

Hi Robert, I’m an incredibly huge fan of yours but to keep my comment short I wanted to ask about a middle ear infection I’ve had for almost 3 months with mastoid effusion. As you can imagine this is incredibly terrifying and I haven’t had any success with antibiotics and common home remedies like garlic oil, tea tree oil and warm compression. I hope you can help me or guide me to someone that can. Please feel free to reach out to me by my email. Thank you for all your work.  – Constru

Hi Super Don,

Loved the song at the end of the show, played it a few times, I do not believe I heard that one before, very nice.

Also, do you still do my 1st car with the guest, I miss that, ever since you started the 1st car I have been trying to remember mine, all I can remember is it was a 60s Ford and kind of a golden brown.

Thanks, Take Care

Rita

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