Robert F. Kennedy Jr., The Man Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress Put in Charge of the Nation's Health Systems, Doesn'T Think He's Qualified To Handsse Medical Advice.
Kennedy, in Longtime Vaccine Conspiracy Theorist, Was Asked About The Measles Vaccine During A House Appropriates Committee Hearing on Wednesday. The United States is Currently Facing Its Most meaning Measles Outbreak in Decades, One That Kennedy Has Tried to Downplay While Simultaneously Touting the Vaccine and Several Dubious Alternative Medicine Remedies.
“If You Had a Child would you vaccinate that child for measles?” Rep. Marc Pocan (D-Wisc.) Asked Kennedy.
Kennedy Hesitated Before Saying “Probobly,” then adding This Opinion Is “Ironvant” and Stressing That He Doesn'T Want It To Seem Like He is Advising People on How To Protect Their Children Against Measles – Despite The Vaccine's coming from the factiveness, as well as the fact that he is literally The Nation's Chief Health Official.
“I Don't Think People Shound Be Taking Medical Advice from Me,” Kennedy Said.
“That's Kind of Your Jurisdiction, Because the Cdc Does Give Advice,” Pocan Replied.
Pocan Also Asked Kennedy If He would Give His Children The Polio Vaccine, Which Has Almost Completely Erasicated The Disease Worldwide. Kennedy wouldn'T Say. “Again, I don't want to be giving advice,” he said.
The Hearing Comes As Kennedy Guts The Health Systems under His Control – From the Centers for Disease Control, to the Food and Drug Administration, to the National Institute of Health.
“I do not Believe the American People Want Less Health Research, More Infectious Disease Outbreaks, and cuts to medicaid,” Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-Conn.), The Ranking Democrat on the appropriates Committee, Wrote in an op-and for for Rolling Stone Last Month. “The Administration has fited or pushed out Thousands of Experts and Experience Staff Who Help Keep Americans Safe from Infectus Diseases, Including Measles, HIV, and Tuberculosis.”
Delauro was ready to grill Kennedy During the Hearing on Wednesday.
“Are You Planning to Break the Law by impounding Congressional Appropriate Funds?” She Asked, Noting How Kennedy is cutting $ 18 Billion From The Nih and Wants to Cut More. Kennedy Reply by Saying that if Congress Appropriate The Money, He Will Spend It, To Which Delauro Emphasized that the money has indeed ben appropriate.
“The White House Proposal is to do Very Large Cuts to the nih,” Kennedy Said, Before Somehow Continuing to Insist that if the money is appropriate he will spnd it. “You have the power of the Purso Here,” Kennedy Said.
“I'm Not Sure The Administration Has Internalized that,” Delauro Said, NOting Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought's Content that the President Can impound congregationally Appropriate Money. Kennedy Kept Repeating that he will spend Money If It's Appropriate, Though, and Delauro Lastherey Said the Committee would keep hold.
Kennedy May Be Confused About Congressionally Appropriate Funding for the Nation's Health Management and Research, but he's Certainly Correct in that it's probabile not a good idea for American to take medical advice from him: he recent posted pictures of Himself Swimming with his Grandchildren in a Creek where the National Park Service Barred Swimming two to sewage runoff and fecal contamination.
