RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines
Last November, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that, as secretary of health and human services, he would not "take away anybody's vaccines." If you believed him, you were duped. The longtime anti-vaccine crusader remains intent on vilifying lifesaving immunizations and promoting the lie that the shots cause autism and all manner of other conditions. Maybe […]
Last November, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that, as secretary of health and human services, he would not "take away anybody's vaccines." If you believed him, you were duped.
The longtime anti-vaccine crusader remains intent on vilifying lifesaving immunizations and promoting the lie that the shots cause autism and all manner of other conditions. Maybe it's his long history of profiting off vaccine controversy, his convoluted distrust of germ theory, or a eugenicist ideology. But whatever his motivation, four months into Kennedy's term leading the federal department that oversees the CDC, NIH, and FDA, he has made several policy changes, proclamations, and decisions that directly imperil Americans' ability to access and afford routine vaccinations.
Most recently, in accordance with the larger trend of Donald Trump's administration axing experienced, well-vetted advisors in favor of unqualified sycophants, Kennedy fired 17 people from the federal committee responsible for making vaccine recommendations. He replaced them almost entirely with close associates that echo his scientifically dubious and medically dangerous beliefs, or with those who seem to lack the relevant knowledge fo …
