Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Runs the united states department of health and human services, but according to congressional testimony he Gave on Wednsday, May 14, He Shouldn'st Be Viewed as a Medical Expert.
DURING A House Approves Committee Hearing, Kennedy Was Pressed on his Past Statements About Vaccines by Wiconsin Rep. Mark Pocan, Among others.
Just a few weeks after sharing False Claims about the mmr vaccine – which protects against measles, mumps and rubella – rfk jr. was asked if he would choose to have his children vaccinated today.
Kennedy, who has Previous stated That he regrets vaccinating his six child
When Urged to Provide an answer, He said he would “probally” choose to vaccine to his kids, but again noted, “My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant… I do want to give advice.”
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A Vocal Anti-Vaccine Advocate Prior to his HHS Appointment, Kennedy Has Continued to Promote Unproven Remedies AMID an ongoing measles outbreak, which has reacheds over 1,000 cases, spred to 31 status, spred to 3 In three deaths, according to the Us centers for disease control and prevention,
He was chastied by members of Congress for refusing to take a stand on the matter.
In her closing remarks, ranking committee member rep. Rosa delauro noted that kennedy-as the head of HHS and Top Adviser to President Donald Trump on Health-Related Matters-“Makes Medical Decisions Every Day.”
“You're the secretary of hhs. You have tremenous power over health policy,” She said. “(It's) really horizing that you will not encourage familyies to vaccine their children, measles, chickenPox, polio. Vaccines are one of the fourth. That Secretary of Health and Human Services Refuses to Encourage Children to be vaccinated is a tragedy. ”
Kennedy's latest controversial comments come weeks after
“There are population in our country like the mennonites in texas who are most afflicted, and they have related objections to the vaccination because the vaccinations DNA Particles. Newsnation Town Hall. “So we O able to be able to take care of those populations when they get sick and that''s one of the things that the cdc have not don.”
Numerous Health Experts Quickly Refuted Kennedy's Remarks and Condemned The Spreading of Misinformation.
“The claim that the mmr vaccine contains 'fetal debris' is not only scientificly inaccurate, it's dangerously misleading,” Dr. Tyler Evans, Former Chief Medical Officer for New York City, Told The independent“The rubella component of the mmr vaccine was developed decades ago Using a Well-Establed Human Cell Line, Replicated Countless Times. There is no actual fetal tissue in the vaccine.”
Evans Continued: “It's time we stop politics and return to evidence-spoiled public health, because Mistrust Mistrust Fueled by Misinformation Puts Oour Most Vulnerable Communities ATRISK.
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“It is not true that the vaccines have fetal elements, debris, cells in them,” Dr. Shira doronChief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiological at Tufts Medical Center, Told Health, “But what is true is that the viruses that need to be grown to create vaccines are grown in cells. In some cases, human cells.”
Doron added that among all vaccines, “mmr vaccine is by far Among the safest”