Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t need folks to take medical recommendation from him—until he’s telling particular teams of individuals to cease getting vaccinated.
The Well being and Human Providers secretary stated in a video posted to X Tuesday that he was eradicating the COVID-19 vaccine from the advice listing for youngsters and wholesome pregnant girls.
“Last year the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another COVID shot despite the lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children,” Kennedy stated, alongside Meals and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and Nationwide Institutes of Well being Director Jay Bhattacharya.
Different federal businesses are falling proper in line and backing the Trump administration’s ongoing push to restrict the vaccines.
“There’s no evidence healthy kids need it today, and most countries have stopped recommending it for children,” Makary stated.
One X person requested Grok, co-President Elon Musk’s AI system that lives throughout the social media platform, to hyperlink the scientific analysis Kennedy used to succeed in his resolution.
Amusingly, even the AI based by the MAGA-boosting billionaire stated that Kennedy’s reasoning for making the decision “remains unclear” and that he “provided no specific scientific papers.”
The AI bot additionally stated that, regardless of Kennedy’s name to take away vaccine suggestions for pregnant girls, a 2022 Lancet research stated that preserving pregnant girls vaccinated truly proved to have a constructive impact. The CDC has additionally reported that pregnant girls are extra prone to get very sick from COVID-19 and have elevated dangers of being pregnant issues.
In fact, swaying the infamous anti-vaxxer is simpler stated than performed. Kennedy might have claimed throughout his affirmation listening to that he believed within the constructive impression of vaccines, however his observe file says in any other case.
The MAHA man himself has known as the COVID-19 vaccine the “deadliest vaccine ever made” and has pushed the idea that routine immunizations trigger autism.
And whereas pregnant girls and youngsters are nonetheless welcome to obtain the vaccine ought to they select to take action, the issue lies within the messaging.
Equally to when vaccine skepticism rose in the course of the pandemic, public misperceptions round vaccines opened the door for extra folks to be uncovered to not simply COVID-19 however different preventable diseases as nicely.
Because of the damaging messaging round vaccine security, even measles has made a comeback within the U.S.—and Kennedy continues to be reluctant to push the vaccine for the viral an infection that has confirmed lethal for 2 youngsters in Texas and one grownup in New Mexico in 2025.
And as youngsters contract and even die from preventable diseases, Kennedy’s morbid anti-vax messaging is obvious.
“We’re now one step closer to realizing President Trump’s promise to Make America Healthy Again,” Kennedy stated within the video posted Tuesday.
