
RFK Jr. Can’t Say If He’d Vaccinate His Kids Today For Polio
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"I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me,” said the health and human services secretary, whose job is to drive America’s health policy.
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldn’t say Wednesday if he’d vaccinate his kids today against polio, the highly contagious and deadly virus that was once the leading cause of paralysis among children.
During testimony before a House subcommittee, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) asked Kennedy, who is notorious for spreading disinformation about the safety of vaccines, whether he’d vaccinate his children today, if they were still kids, against a number of vaccine-preventable diseases. Pocan started with measles.
“For measles?” Kennedy said, pausing. “Probably for measles.”
“Would you vaccinate your child for chicken pox?” asked Pocan.
“I don’t want to give advice,” Kennedy replied. “I can tell you in Europe they don’t use the chicken pox vaccine.” (This is not true.)