Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo by Gage Skidmore / Flickr)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo by Gage Skidmore / Flickr)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo by Gage Skidmore / Flickr)

There’s no doubt that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had in a mind a thorough rebuild of the American health care system for his tenure as secretary of Health and Human Services.

He’s long objected to some parts of America’s vaccination regime, and has been a harsh critic of the fact there are so many chronic diseases in children.

He just started on his agenda, with two orders.

The Daily Mail reports he has pulled a campaign that was intended to promote flu shots to Americans, and he has postponed a meeting of a team of vaccine advisers.

The first order concerned the CDC’s “Wild to Mild” flu shot promotions, the report said. They “juxtaposed” a lion next to a kitten in a claim that the shot “tamed” the virus.

Kennedy’s goal, however, is to move the CDC away from such pushy tactics so that its communications focus on “Informed consent,” literally that patients are told the medical risks and benefits and are allowed to come to their own decisions.

The report claims that the primary side effect of most shots is the pain from the injection.

And doctors have expressed concern that not launching a persuasion campaign will result in fewer people getting the shots.

Kennedy long has been a critic of some parts of America’s shot agenda, including his concern that they need more testing before being used widely.

“During his Senate confirmation saga, RFK was pressed on the issue of vaccines by Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy, a physician and staunch advocate of vaccinations,” the report said. “Sen. Cassidy was particularly alarmed at Mr. Kennedy’s repetition over the years of controversial claims that vaccines are linked to rising rates of autism.”

In fact, the number of autism cases diagnoses has exploded exponentially in recent years.

Kennedy explained he wouldn’t change the existing shot schedule and would provide Congress with notice of changes to guidelines.

Kennedy in the past has suggested reevaluating recommended vaccinations, shifting research priorities and removing legal protections for vaccine makers. He’s also lobbied for changes in drug advertising practices.

He has suggested “subjecting vaccines to the same rigorous approval process as other drugs, mandating automated adverse event reporting, eliminating conflicts of interest in federal vaccine approvals, and reevaluating all vaccines recommended before evidence-based guidelines were established,” the report said.

The issue of vaccinations is a flashpoint right now because of the experimental COVID-19 mRNA shots forced on millions of Americans by government or employer mandate, and the fact that the evidence now shows they largely didn’t accomplish their goal of preventing infection. Further, side effects have been documented up to and including death.

That’s the focal point for those insisting that Joe Biden’s medical consultant during the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, should be investigated for possible charges, which might have been why Biden granted him a presidential pardon.

Kennedy also has postponed a scheduled meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, scheduled to meet next week on recommendations for COVID shots and more.

William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville said in an interview with NBC that he’s been part of the committee for 40 years and doesn’t recall any other postponement, outside of the COVID pandemic.

He described as “concerning” the delay.

The official reason given for delaying the meeting involved accommodating public comment, the report said.

 

 



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