NYT (gift article) - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/health/ken-paxton-pediatricians-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.4ZGy.-0ja412x1Q_f&smid=url-share The doctor, who had been treating kids in the community for 20 years, was delighted when a woman she had cared for as a child came in with her newborn. Until recently, she had planned to continue her practice for years to come. But this year, she has begun to reconsider amid the stress and legal costs of defending herself in a statewide investigation by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, who has accused doctors, drug companies and insurers of conspiring to push parents into vaccinating children. She agreed to be interviewed and allowed a reporter to visit her practice but asked to be identified by her middle name, Rachel, to protect her from retaliation. In December, Dr. Rachel received a letter from the attorney general’s Consumer Protection Division demanding her vaccine purchase records over the past 10 years. “The division believes that you are in possession, custody or control” of material, “involving potential misleading or deceptive acts regarding incentives associated with the administration of childhood vaccines,” it said, adding that such acts could be in violation of the state’s deceptive trade practices law. [...] The document demand letter asked her to keep the inquiry private: “You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request, as this request relates to an ongoing confidential investigation that would be jeopardized and impeded by disclosure.” This is all kinds of abhorrent. First, for Paxton's office to mail out legal threats against pediatricians for vaccinating children, and second, for trying to cover it up with the nondisclosure clause. I wonder whether there are other Texas pediatricians here on meddit who have received similar letters. edit - just noticed I missed the "t" in Paxton. Well, Paxon doesn't get a T today, because he ain't for Texas. Talarico, that guy's for Texas. Y'all Texans make sure to get out there and vote next month.   submitted by   /u/tirral [link]   [comments]