AAP Lawsuit Alleges Decades of Fraud in Pediatric Vaccine Policy

A closer look at the federal RICO case challenging the American Academy of Pediatrics

​This video explains a federal lawsuit filed against the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that alleges a decades-long pattern of institutional fraud related to claims about the safety testing of the childhood vaccine schedule. Brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the case outlines what the lawsuit claims, what it does not claim, and why it may have significant implications for pediatric medicine, informed consent, and parental rights.

RICHARD JAFFE, ESQ has filed a complaint that is brought by parents, Dr. KP Stoller, CHD, and I, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962, against the American Academy of Pediatrics (“AAP”) for its central role in an enterprise that has defrauded American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule for several decades.

​Basically, the AAP has been a co-beneficiary of the vaccine enterprise along with the pharmaceutical industry and all involved in profits from vaccines and from the illnesses caused by vaccines. AAP’s journal Pediatrics, the Red Book, policy statements, and public communications repeatedly state that the childhood vaccine schedule has been fully tested and proven safe. This is false and fraudulent.

​In 2002 and 2013, the Institute of Medicine (“IOM”) declared that no study had ever compared health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children and recommended such studies be conducted.

A foundational fraud published by the AAP in January 2002 claimed infants could “theoretically” respond to 10,000 vaccines at once.

Physicians who deviate from promoting the CDC/AAP schedule have faced professional destruction, as the plaintiffs Paul Thomas, M.D., and Kenneth P. Stoller, M.D., did.

Plaintiffs Andrea Shaw and Shanticia Nelson are mothers whose children died following routine vaccinations administered according to AAP guidelines.

In 2020, Dr. Thomas published a study comparing chronic health outcomes between his vaccinated and unvaccinated patients, resulting in a prompt emergency suspension of his license for being a “threat to public health.”

Until 2021, Dr. Stoller held an active California medical license, which was revoked following disciplinary proceedings arising from his issuance of individualized medical exemptions that deviated from CDC and AAP guidelines.

The AAP has been in the driver’s seat of the fraud and racketeering related to vaccines, very much like the tobacco industry regarding the safety of cigarettes and tobacco.

​How did they do this?

AAP’s Foundational Fraud: Substitute Theory for Testing, Immunogenicity for Safety

Protecting the Fraud: Block the Studies, Exaggerate the Risks

The Suppressed Studies Show the Harm

The Vaccine Racket: Create the Condition, Sell the Treatment, Keep the Sick Customer for Life

AAP: The Racketeering Enterprise’s Distribution Network (like tobacco)

The Racket’s Financial Trap: Why Pediatricians Cannot Say No ($$$)

The Racket’s Rulebook: How the Red Book Became the Law

Protecting the Racket: How Scientific Debate Became “Misinformation”

The Lies Exposed: AAP’s Material Misrepresentations and Omissions of Fact

On January 5, 2026, Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill signed a decision memorandum revising the childhood immunization schedule, moving six vaccines—rotavirus, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal disease, and COVID-19—from universal recommendations to shared clinical decision-making. The AAP has refused to participate and has instead chosen to sue the CDC and push its own expanded schedule.

AAP’s false attribution of mortality declines to vaccines ignores that most mortality reduction (96% or more of it) occurred due to sanitation (flush toilets), hygiene, and nutrition improvements before vaccines were widely deployed.

Hopefully, this legal action will finally put an end to the most harmful enterprise to children’s health ever perpetrated on our country and the world.

Dr. Paul (retired)

​Additional Resources for Parents
For families who want to explore these issues more deeply, the following books are frequently referenced in discussions around informed consent and vaccine policy:

VAX FACTS: What to Consider Before Vaccinating at All Ages and All Stages of Life — available directly at
https://vaxfactsbook.com/
(Paperback only)

Vaccines and the Myth of Safety by Aaron Siri — available for purchase at
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ36W5JY/

Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries, MD — available at
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1480216895/

Relative Incidence of Office Visits and Cumulative Rates of Billed Diagnoses Along the Axis of Vaccination — available at https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8674​

These resources are offered to support independent research and thoughtful decision-making.

​Just a Mom’s Notes

I have read so much about this lawsuit. Not everyone supports this, which I find appalling. I see it as an opportunity to hold people accountable. Forcing someone to put something in their body or their child’s body when we do not know how that affects that child or what side effects may occur is insane.

​I am so tired of hearing stories of babies—little newborn babies—who never made it to their first year of life because of a vaccine that is supposed to be safe.

​Anyone who says vaccines are safe and effective should no longer have a place in the care of our children.

How is it that we allow babies to get vaccines—wait, not allow—force, mandate, and bully parents into putting something that can be so toxic into bodies that are still developing immune systems and brains? How many babies need to die? How many sick kids do we have to raise when all we had to do was wait? Wait until we know they are healthy and meeting milestones. Wait until we know if they even need that shot. How about letting parents choose what is best for their child?

I hope this lawsuit makes a difference. The fact that we must sue someone or a program just to get them to do what is best for everyone is deeply sad. For those already harmed by vaccines, I pray that time will heal. This lawsuit is about the future lives of all children. ​Hopefully it will stop the harm, force research, force the truth that parents should simply be allowed to do what’s best for their children.

​Someone asked me why I think we are still having to fight for informed consent. My answer is that some people in positions of power (scaredy cats) do not want it to affect their financial status, and they refuse to believe anything that challenges the belief that vaccines are saving our world.

What happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave? Mandating vaccines means we are not free, and refusing to take a deep look at the vaccine program shows that those in power are not brave.

​To all parents feeling stuck: take back the freedom you were born into. Be brave. Fight for your children.

— DeeDee Hoover, JAM (Just a Mom)

​We encourage you to watch the video, read the full statements above, and take time to reflect on what true informed consent should look like in pediatric care. Share this information with family, friends, and fellow parents who may not yet be aware of the lawsuit or the issues it raises. An informed public is essential to meaningful change. If you value transparency, parental rights, and open scientific inquiry, we invite you to stay connected with Kids First 4Ever, continue learning, and participate thoughtfully in conversations that shape the future of children’s health.

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