Lori Ciminelli a nurse with 20 years of experience, spoke to members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on October 25, 2018, years after retiring from the profession. Addressing the committee face to face, she challenged flu shots and the broader vaccine schedule while describing how her grandson suffered severe neurological damage and was later diagnosed with autism after receiving vaccinations at two years old. Speaking from decades of firsthand experience working in hospitals alongside doctors and medical assistants, she questioned the official narrative and stressed that many nurses, having seen outcomes for thenselves, quietly reject vaccines altogether even if they are discouraged from speaking openly.