Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – vaccination opponents confirmed as Minister of Health

The cousin of the former US President John F. Kennedy had often spread doubts about vaccinations in recent years, distributed conspiracy theories and gave a speech with shrill speeches. That is why there was a lot of criticism of his choice for the health department.

The confirmation in the Senate was preceded by a heated hearing in the responsible committee of the Parliamentary Chamber, in which the 71-year-old opposed, among other things, the accusation of a vaccination opponent.

A democratic senator asked him to clearly confess that vaccinations were safe. Kennedy claimed that his own children were being vaccinated and that he only advocated a more strict examination of medical safety. An organization that co-founded Kennedy sells romper for babies with an anti-vaccination print.

Kennedy restless with false information
For years, however, critics have accused him of the specific spreading of doubts about vaccines and in particular undermine the vaccination campaign of measles. In the past, for example, Kennedy represented the scientifically refuted proposition that vaccinations could cause autism.

Shortly before his hearing, a warning from Kennedy’s cousin Caroline had attracted attention. In a letter to different senators, she wrote down his cousin and built his followers by taking advantage of the despair of parents of sick children. She urged the senators to “urgently reject his nomination”.

Not only of the family, but also from science and research there were warnings of the desired candidate of Trump. Dozens of Nobel Prize winners publicly expressed their doubts about the suitability of Kennedy for the office and criticized lack of qualifications or experience in areas such as medicine, science and administration. They accused him of representing anti -science positions.

A political change and shrill anecdotes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had been a democrat for decades, but has been moving more and more often. It is also criticized for the spread of conspiracy theories, such as via Corona Pandemic, and because of contacts with right -wing extremist politicians. In the presidential election, the man from the prominent Kennedy family initially started as an independent applicant, but then withdrew his hopeless candidacy and switched to the Trump camp.

Kennedy also set attention in itself outside of politics with shrill anecdotes. He once admitted that he had put a dead bear in New York Central Park. His daughter had reported how he fell on a dead whale on vacation and then home for hours on the car roof. Kennedy also stated that he had a worm in the brain that temporarily caused a defect in his head.