RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it
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The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary says he needs to see data showing vaccines are safe, but he dismissed the evidence shown by an influential Republican senator.

Summary

During his Senate confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed scientific evidence on vaccine safety despite claiming he would follow the data.

He rejected studies debunking vaccine-autism links, downplayed COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, and avoided endorsing the HPV vaccine.

His remarks on racial differences in vaccination raised further concerns.

Lawmakers and health experts criticized his reliance on flawed research, warning his leadership could erode public trust and revive preventable diseases.

His confirmation remains contentious.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    871·
    2 days ago

    I miss when we had actual leaders, and that includes a willingness to admit that you don’t know everything and defer to experts.

    • parody@lemmings.world
      281·
      2 days ago

      Hey, you know that Rand Paul guy? He was letting some air come out of his mouth yesterday. When he said we need an honest debate…

      Bro, what makes you think you would be a part of an honest debate? You’re not qualified.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        2 days ago

        the reason you have distrust from people at home and why they don’t believe anything you say and they don’t believe government at all is you’re telling my kid to take a Hepatitis B vaccine when he’s one day old. You get it through drug use and sexually transmitted. That’s how you get Hepatitis B, but you’re telling me my kid has to take it at one day old … that’s not science.

        The “That’s not science” kills me. Just because you don’t understand the science doesn’t mean it isn’t science.

          • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            But the reality is that hepatitis B is a disease that affects many infants and young children worldwide. And unfortunately, the younger you get the virus, the more likely it is to become a chronic infection that can cause cirrhosis or liver cancer. While most diseases are more severe if you get them as an adult, hepatitis B is paradoxically worse if you get it young. Infants less than one year old who get hepatitis B have an 80-90 per cent chance of developing a chronic infection, compared to 30-50 per cent of children under 6 and less than 5 per cent of adults.

            Omfg, this is why I hate Rand Paul so much. He’s a fucking doctor. He should know this shit and yet he’s still getting up in the senate and saying giving children a hepatitis B vaccine doesn’t make sense because they are not sexually active. His comments will lead to a kid getting hepatitis B and having the negative affects and it will be Rand Paul’s fault.

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
          8·
          2 days ago

          Also, if you can get it through sex and IV drug use, you can get it through blood contact, which can happen in other ways. Why not protect against it? In case kids decide to become “blood brothers” or practice insufficient hygiene around other kids’ bloody noses or something

          • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 days ago

            Considering how long it can take kids to both use a tissue properly and dispose of it properly, that can happen within the first hour at a daycare center.