Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has a history of extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories about vaccines.
In previously unreported comments at autism conferences, Kennedy likened vaccination programs to Catholic Church abuse scandals and Nazi death camps and argued for jailing vaccine scientists.
He has falsely claimed vaccines cause autism and accused public health agencies like the CDC of corruption and hiding vaccine dangers.
Critics fear his leadership could dismantle vaccine safety efforts, decrease public trust, and disrupt public health policy.
Considering he decided to take his kids with him when he went to saw that whale’s head off and they had to ride back in the car with the whale’s head on top wearing tarps but still getting covered in “whale juice,” and his daughter just told that story casually in an interview a few years ago, I’m guessing he’s got quite a bit of experience in abusing children.
Maybe not the way the Catholic Church does, but…