RFK Jr. Says He’s Not Anti-Vaccine Ahead of Senate Hearings (2)

Jan. 28, 2025, 7:19 PM UTC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will tell senators this week that he is not “anti-vaccine or anti-industry.”

“I am neither; I am pro-safety,” Kennedy said in prepared testimony for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee seen by Bloomberg News. “All of my kids are vaccinated, and I believe vaccines have a critical role in healthcare.”

Before he was nominated to head HHS, Kennedy called Covid shots “a crime against humanity.” His Children’s Health Defense organization linked vaccines to autism and said they’d never properly ...

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