Washington (AP) – The man who hopes to see President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly in order to see “data” or “science” that show that vaccines are safe and sound – but as an influential republican senator, he dismissed it .
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent two days this week to survive the senators that he is not against vacaca. He said instead he supported vaccinations and will follow science in monitoring the Department of Health and Human Services of 1.7 trillion dollars, which, among other things, monitors vaccine research, approval and recommendations.
However, Kennedy repeatedly refused to recognize scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism in childhood and that covid-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, and he incorrectly claimed that the government had no good surveillance of vaccine safety. While he apparently ignored mainstream science, he quoted incorrect or tangential research, to make his points, such as suggesting that black people need different vaccines than whites.
His answers have created concern among health experts that Kennedy does not give basic skills for the job.
“He ignores science. He sometimes cherry picks fraudulent studies. Sometimes he takes a well -done degree and takes miniature pieces of them out of context, ”said Dr. Sean O’Leary from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He fears that Kennedy could further damage the public’s trust in vaccines, and “we will see the return of diseases that we really don’t see much of, and unfortunately children will suffer.”
Kennedy “has shown his lack of ability in many ways to understand some details about science and evidence that he believes that he would really have to know,” said Dr. Georges Benjamin from the American Public Health Association.
Science about vaccines is clear to doctors and scientists – but not for Kennedy
Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican and doctor in Louisiana, said that science is clear that measles and other childhood vaccines are safe and sound and not associated with autism.
Kennedy said that if he was shown the data, he would recommend these vaccines and “I will not only do this, but I will apologize for any statements that people otherwise mislead.”
Therefore, Cassidy took off the final scientific conclusions and read aloud that vaccines do not cause autism. Kennedy showed him and instead mentioned a recent expert of external experts by experts – and Cassidy agreed “some problems” to counteract decades of strict studies.
The Senator told Kennedy that he “undermines the trust in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments” and risking “filling a shadow about President Trump’s heir” when people die from vaccinated illnesses if he becomes health secretary.
Senator Maggie Hassan, a democrat from New Hampshire, said that it was a real relocation for the “revival and recovering time of science” money and time, which could be spent on finding the actual cause of autism.
Kennedy ignored science, which showed Covid-19, saved millions of lives
Kennedy claimed that there is no good surveillance system to know that covid 19 vaccines are safe and sound and life-saving.
The United States pursues the safety of vaccines through several surveillance systems, including electronic medical records from a list of health systems. The centers for the control and prevention of diseases also examine how vaccines have a good performance, as during pandemic, as vast databases from Israel and Great Britain, contributed to the fact that the novel MRNA vaccines were safe and sound and reduce deaths by the coronavirus.
“You apply for the job – you should clearly know that,” said Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont.
Kennedy refuses to support a vaccine that prevents cancer in women
O’Leary from AAP said that there are around 35,000 cancer cases in connection with the HPV virus that could be prevented by this vaccine, including 4,000 deaths per year. “We already see a decrease in the number of cases of HPV-related cancer due to the HPV vaccination.”
Kennedy did not answer directly when he was asked whether he stood for claims that the HPV vaccine could cause cancer or another disease. Instead, he brought up a pending lawsuit and suggested that a jury from non-scientists would.
Kennedy’s unfounded commentary on race and vaccination plans
Senator Angela Sobrooks, a democrat in Maryland, asked Kennedy about previous comments that black people may need a different vaccination plan than white. Sobrooks, which is black, asked how Kennedy thought she should have been vaccinated differently.
Kennedy referred to some earlier papers that indicate that people of African American ancestors had a stronger immune response to measles and rubella vaccines than whites.
Vaccination recommendations are not based on breed, but on biological factors such as the age of a person and the risk of a certain disease. Some studies show that black Americans are more hesitant than white to maintain certain vaccines.
“It’s so dangerous,” said Brooks about Kennedy.
“There is no evidence that there must be another vaccination plan based on the breed,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Such statements could wrongly believe that “good, I don’t need as many vaccines” as recommended.
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AP medical writers Carla K. Johnson contributed.
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