But the previous record of Kennedy, which is to discredit the vaccines and its relationship to the Anti -Qazi Movement was a great attached point for Democrats and a handful of Republicans. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Wednesday suggested that Kennedy could undermine vaccines by making changes to the country Fortification schedule. In response, Kennedy said, “I support the vaccines. I support the childhood schedule.” I will do it. The only thing I want is good science, and that’s all. “
The Senator Republicans, Lisa Moorkovsky of Alaska and Susan Collins from Maine on Thursday, stressed the importance of vaccines and asked Kennedy the promise that he would use his position to enhance confidence in it. “We cannot go back without our vaccines,” said Morkovsky.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a senior Republican, said in a session on Thursday that he was “struggling” to do Kennedy’s nomination. As a doctor who participated in fortification programs, I saw the benefits of vaccinations. I know that they save lives. Can I trust that this is now in the past? Can data and information change your opinion, or will you just search for data that support a pre -defined conclusion? “
This past has not been long ago. Kennedy’s allegations that link autism with vaccines go back years, but recently, he said in 2023 in Interview with Fox News“I think autism comes from vaccines.” a lot big studiesHowever, you did not find any connection. in Podcast In the same year, Kennedy said, “There is no safe and effective vaccine.”
Kennedy has already raised doubts about Salama Covid-19 Vaccines and HPV snapshot He wondered about the centers of control of diseases and prevention of when children should be vaccinated. From 2015 to 2023, he presided over the health defense of children, an active organization that deployed information to mislead the vaccine and filed challenge lawsuits.
Kennedy tried to back away from many of these controversial statements this week, saying that some of them were out of the context, but he repeatedly evaded the issue of whether vaccines caused autism when Cassidy and Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont. Instead, Kennedy asked why the disease control center did not do more to investigate the causes of autism. “Why do we not know the answer after 30 years of the steady height in the autism rate? Why don’t we know the answer to that? We must know the answer.”
In fact, researchers believe that there is no single cause of autism, but they believe that a mixture of genetic and environmental factors, such as exposure to pollutants or viral infections, in playing. The increase in autism rates is likely to be aware of the increase in awareness of nervous growth disorder and more tests in recent years.
For many Republican Senate members, Kennedy’s previous comments on vaccines do not seem to have an issue. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican doctor and an ophthalmologist from Kentucky, chose not to ask Kennedy on Thursday and instead he came to his defense. He said: “The debate about vaccines is so simple and so eager that we have never obtained real facts.” “We don’t know what causes autism, so we must be more modest in what we say.”
Marcin Molin from Oklahoma echoed Paul’s feelings, saying: “I do not understand why my colleagues suddenly say that we cannot question science.” Tommy Toblville of Alabama said that his son and daughter “conducted their research on vaccines” and that his granddaughter “will not be Denchon.”
It is not clear from his confirmation sessions that Kennedy will get the American people as Minister of HHS – which would eat the public’s confidence in the vaccines or the person who publicly supports them. Despite his reasonable stances, on both parties on obesity and chronic diseases, his confirmation may depend on the vaccine question.
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote next week whether Kennedy will be nominated for the full Senate, which will take the final decision regarding his confirmation. If confirmed, Kennedy will lead a wide agency with a $ 1.7 trillion budget This includes the Center for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, and Medical Care and Medical Aid Services Centers.
