Fact check
Is it true: RFK Jr HHS "Vaccine Vault" Claims?
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
VAERS data has been publicly downloadable since 1990 at vaers.hhs.gov; CDC surveillance data (VSD, CISA, BEST) is substantially public. No documentary evidence — FOIA materials, whistleblower records, congressional subpoena products — has been produced supporting the existence of a suppressed "vault" of adverse-event data. Legitimate policy debates about VSD data granularity and research transparency at federal agencies are real but distinct from the specific suppression claim.
The claim
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., confirmed as US Secretary of Health and Human Services in February 2025, has made recurring claims that the federal government possesses hidden or suppressed adverse-event data
Key evidence
VSD data-granularity debate is a legitimate policy question
VAERS data is publicly accessible since 1990
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