RFK Jr's Plan to Get Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary
What is Kennedy saying to convince senators to vote to confirm his nomination?
How could anyone think that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr should be the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services?
After all, as Health Secretary, Kennedy:
would lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services
would oversee the FDA, CDC, NIH, ACF (Administration for Children and Families), and CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), etc. and over 100 programs they run
could take action to prepare for and respond to public health and medical emergencies
Why is that scary?
Well, just look at what Kennedy did to the people of Samoa before and during their large measles epidemic!
Experts Are Against the Confirmation of RFK Jr as Health Secretary
And just look at how many experts are urging Senators to vote against Kennedy’s confirmation!
“In addition to his lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science , public health, or administration, Mr. Kennedy has been an opponent of many health - protecting and life-saving vaccines, such as those that prevent measles and polio; a critic of the well-established positive effects of fluoridation of drinking water; a promoter of conspiracy theories about remarkably successful treatments for AIDS and other diseases ; and a belligerent critic of respected agencies (especially the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Healt ). The leader of DHHS should continue to nurture and improve--- not threaten ---these important and highly respected institutions and their employees.”
77 Nobel Laureates in Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, and Economics
In addition to the dozens of Nobel Laureats in Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, and Economics, who believe that “placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public's health in jeopardy and undermine America's global leadership in the health sciences,” we are seeing opposition to Kennedy from:
the Autistic Self Advocacy Network because of “Kennedy’s long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general” and “his desire to increase the use of quack autism “treatments” and his comments about putting people taking psychiatric medication in labor camps should all be immediately disqualifying.”
the Committee to Protect Health Care, who have had nearly 17,000 physicians come out against Kennedy’s confirmation because he “is not only unqualified to lead this essential agency–he is actively dangerous.”
Protect Our Care and their Stop RFK War Room and multi-media campaigns
former New York City mayor and public health leader Michael Bloomberg who warned “that installing Mr. Kennedy as health secretary would be ‘beyond dangerous,’ and tantamount to ‘medical malpractice on a mass scale.’”
Public Citizen has said that “Robert F Kennedy Jr is a clear and present danger to the nation’s health,” as his “views are all over the place, a seemingly random mixture of some good ideas and deeply troubling conspiracy theories and false claims.”
the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board, who predicts that Kennedy could “disrupt access to life-saving medicines and the innovation ecosystem that creates them”
Michael Osterholm, MD, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, when talking about the nomination of Kennedy warned that “Whether you're a healthcare professional, a parent, or just someone who's passionate about science and health equity. Your worries are valid. The future of public health is truly on the line. This is like no other time I've seen in my 50 year career.”
His own cousin, Caroline Kennedy, even urges the US Senate to reject his appointment!
Let’s hope more than a few Senators listen.
We don’t need a guy who believes that measles isn’t that bad and that vaccinations aren’t necessary to be in charge of the health of our nation.
References
Legal Authority of the Secretary. https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/Pages/Legal-Authority-of-the-Secretary.aspx
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not Be Confirmed. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/09/health/rfkltr.html
FACT SHEET: RFK Jr. Is Completely Unqualified To Run The Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.protectourcare.org/fact-sheet-rfk-jr-is-completely-unqualified-to-run-the-department-of-health-and-human-services/
RFK Jr. Attorney’s Petition to FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval One More Reason the Senate Must Not Confirm RFK. https://www.citizen.org/news/rfk-jr-attorneys-petition-to-fda-to-revoke-polio-vaccine-approval-one-more-reason-the-senate-must-not-confirm-rfk/