'Not a fully honest accounting': CNN anchor calls out Trump pick over measles outbreak
1 month, 1 week ago

'Not a fully honest accounting': CNN anchor calls out Trump pick over measles outbreak

Raw Story  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the notorious conspiracy theorist tapped by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is not telling the truth about his involvement in a measles outbreak in Samoa, CNN health correspondent Meg Tirrell told anchor Jake Tapper on Friday. "Renewed reports are emerging about Kennedy's alleged role in a deadly 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa, and it affected thousands and killed many people, including children," said Tapper. "That's not a fully transparent accounting of what happened and not a fully honest accounting for the role that RFK Jr. and his organization, the role they played in the Samoan tragedy, is it?" "RFK Jr. actually describes his trip to Samoa himself in a post on his organization's website from 2021, looking back on this in 2019, in which he describes going to visit the Samoan prime minister before this all happened on a visit that he described was to discuss a medical informatics system, to assess medical safety and efficacy of medical intervention on overall health there.

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Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster
5 days, 18 hours ago

Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster

LA Times  

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. “I’m not in a wheelchair yet,” said Lane, who uses leg braces and crutches, “but it’s heading that way.” The idea that anyone would question the polio vaccine now, she said, “makes me nuts.” Last week, the New York Times reported that in 2022, Robert …

Trump, Kennedy to discuss future of childhood vaccination programs
1 week, 3 days ago

Trump, Kennedy to discuss future of childhood vaccination programs

Firstpost  

Public health experts, including former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, warn that reducing vaccination rates could lead to outbreaks of diseases like measles Robert F Kennedy Jr and President-elect Donald Trump greet each other at a campaign event. File Image/Reuters President-elect Donald Trump plans to discuss the future of childhood vaccination programs with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee for Secretary …

How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch

NPR  

How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch toggle caption Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases. Now, after backlash against public health interventions …

'I'll never forget': Journalist recounts horror story about controversial Trump pick
4 weeks ago

'I'll never forget': Journalist recounts horror story about controversial Trump pick

Raw Story  

Brian Deer, a journalist who for years has covered the anti-vaccine movement, has written an editorial in the New York Times condemning controversial Trump nominee and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his actions in Samoa that led to a deadly measles outbreak there in 2019. In his editorial, Deer declares that "I'll never forget" what RFK Jr. did …

"I hope you like measles": Medical doctors in "horror" over RFK Jr. pick
1 month, 1 week ago

"I hope you like measles": Medical doctors in "horror" over RFK Jr. pick

Salon  

The idea of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken vaccine skeptic who has also made baseless claims about fluoride and other scientific issues, serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has the medical community panicking over the potential implications. President-elect Donald Trump has said that he would let Kennedy “go wild on health” and on “the …

Why Robert Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Position Is So Worrying
1 month, 1 week ago

Why Robert Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Position Is So Worrying

Bloomberg  

Of the many unorthodox positions taken by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US President-elect Donald Trump ’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, none worries US public-health experts more than his embrace of the anti-vaccine movement. If he assumes the position, he could influence the leadership of agencies in charge of approving, recommending and distributing vaccines in …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views
1 month, 1 week ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views

Associated Press  

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Kennedy said in a 2023 podcast interview that “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective” and told Fox News that he still …

Trump election win: The danger of RFK Jr. is already becoming clear.
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump election win: The danger of RFK Jr. is already becoming clear.

Slate  

Kellyanne Conway pushed the idea of “alternative facts” in an interview almost eight years ago as then-President Trump’s senior counselor. The dispassionate expertise from the medical community provided some kind of solid ground in a frightening time, despite Trump’s politicization of the disaster—even as the figureheads were assaulted by misinformation powerful enough that Anthony Fauci, years later, would still face …

Doctors fear disease outbreaks if RFK Jr has federal health oversight under Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Doctors fear disease outbreaks if RFK Jr has federal health oversight under Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Republican president-elect said he wants to “let …

Abcarian: Trump would allow RFK Jr. to infect the body politic with crackpot theories
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abcarian: Trump would allow RFK Jr. to infect the body politic with crackpot theories

LA Times  

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., in August. “I’m gonna let him go wild on health,” Trump told the crowd at his recent Madison Square Garden hatefest. I’m gonna let him go wild on medicines.” The Washington Post reported that Kennedy could …

Editorial: Florida shows how to bungle a measles outbreak
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Florida shows how to bungle a measles outbreak

LA Times  

As life-saving as the COVID-19 vaccines have been, the measles vaccine has been an even greater success story. It’s not the biggest measles outbreak in recent years, but the ho-hum attitude of the state’s top public health official, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, is deeply troubling. Still it was shocking that in the midst of the outbreak, he ignored the public …

Column: As measles spreads, ‘herd stupidity’ grips Florida’s government
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: As measles spreads, ‘herd stupidity’ grips Florida’s government

LA Times  

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo secured his position as the most dangerous quack in America with his response to a measles outbreak in his state. He’s Joseph Ladapo, whom I earlier identified as “the most dangerous quack in America.” That was before the measles outbreak, when Ladapo was known chiefly for opposing COVID vaccination despite incontrovertible evidence that it saves …

RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work
1 year, 2 months ago

RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work

LA Times  

Padrig and Gina Fahey hold a photo of their 12-year-old son, Braden, who collapsed at football practice in August 2022 and died of a malformed blood vessel in the brain. The book, called “Cause Unknown,” was co-published by an anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, who is now running for president. And you …

Takeaways from AP's reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record
1 year, 4 months ago

Takeaways from AP's reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record

The Independent  

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Takeaways from AP’s reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record
1 year, 4 months ago

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record

Associated Press  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a Democrat against President Joe Biden, tells many stories on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for that are the opposite of what his record actually shows. Here are the key takeaways from the AP’s reporting: KENNEDY’S ANTI-VACCINE RECORD Kennedy told a congressional committee this month: …

MSNBC host takes down 'Bannon-backed, Tucker-platformed' RFK Jr.
1 year, 6 months ago

MSNBC host takes down 'Bannon-backed, Tucker-platformed' RFK Jr.

Raw Story  

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan began his show by reminding voters who Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is and why they shouldn't be fooled by the far-right Republicans desperate to promote him. He showed a clip of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talking about the wealth discrepancy that continues to increase and a candidate "willing to condemn the consolidation of corporate power, the …

Instagram Bars Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation
3 years, 10 months ago

Instagram Bars Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation

NPR  

Instagram Bars Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images Sean Gallup/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now blocked from Instagram after he repeatedly undercut trust in vaccines. Kennedy has also spread conspiracy theories about Bill Gates, accusing him of profiteering off vaccines and attempting to take control of the world's …

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