“Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe”, Children’s Health Defense releases updated documentary
Why it matters
The film is the Foundation’s central public-outreach vehicle, the piece screening at its launch, and the most widely seen argument for reexamining the 2004 CDC MMR data.
“Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe” (2025) is produced by Children’s Health Defense and directed by Del Bigtree. It builds on the original 2016 “Vaxxed” and expands into the COVID-19 era, using archival footage and whistleblower accounts to argue that government agencies and pharmaceutical companies prioritized profits over public health.
The film features testimony from parents describing neurological injuries and expert analyses of what its makers characterize as suppressed vaccine-safety data. It is distinct from Andrew Wakefield’s narrative feature “Protocol 7.”
The Autism Justice Foundation screened the documentary at its November 2025 launch at the Children’s Health Defense “Moment of Truth” conference, with advisory-board chairman Andrew Wakefield, director of the original 2016 “Vaxxed,” presenting.
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