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CDC Clone Site Hosted by Group Previously Led by HHS Secretary


A CDC clone site with false vaccine claims is hosted by an NGO once led by the current HHS Secretary. With CDC logos, real social media links, and a near-identical design, it may violate federal laws.

It also raises an inevitable critical question: Is the HHS Secretary aware of the site, and if so, how will he address this conflict of interest and take action on an apparent effort to impersonate a federal agency? ]org, registered on January 23, 2025, is being managed through the same Cloudflare account as Children’s Health Defense (CHD), a group known for promoting false and misleading vaccine information. They exploit the natural overlap of vaccination and autism onset ages, a coincidence long clarified by science, to suggest causality where none exists.

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