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He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA,
I'm certain the vaccine stuff will be the biggest flashpoint in the hearings,
One other political issue: I think the pro-lifers are a little weird on this right now,
If vaccines are working for somebody, I'm not going to take them away. People ought to have a choice, and that choice ought to be informed by the best information,
he said during an interview with NBC earlier this month I am vaccinated as is my family. I will hold any HHS Secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.”
Polis responded to criticism of RFK Jr. in a follow-up X post as he clarified This is horrible news for American consumers and a major setback for clean energy, ... Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans and this tax increase will hit every family.”
There’s no telling how far an anti-vaxxer & fringe conspiracy theorist like RFK Jr. could set America back in terms of public health, reproductive rights, research, & more,
I’m not going to comment on it.”
When asked if he was rejecting Cooney’s claims, he said I’m aware there was a measles outbreak … I had nothing to do with people not vaccinating in Samoa,
he said in the 2023 documentary Shot in the Arm The article is a lot of garbage,
Kennedy said on the podcast before accusing the magazine of “recycling 30-year-old stories.” Listen, I have said this from the beginning. I am not a church boy. I am not running like that,
he said on the Breaking Points podcast The claim that COVID-19 was a bioweapon created by the Chinese or Jews to attack Caucasians and Black people is deeply offensive and feeds into sinophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories,
according to a statement from the Anti-Defamation League at the time Even in Hitler Germany, you could, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,
Kennedy said at the Lincoln Memorial at the time He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues,
This is why I am for a major shake-up in institutions like the FDA that have been barriers to lowering drug costs and promoting healthy food choices,
Science must remain THE cornerstone of our nation's health policy and the science-backed decision to get vaccinated improves public health and safety,
But he definitely does not endorse actions that would lead to measles outbreaks and opposes unscientific propaganda that undermines confidence in the lifesaving impact of vaccines,
While opposed to RFK's positions on a host of issues, including vaccines and banning fluoridation, he would appreciate seeing action on pesticides and efforts to lower prescription drug costs and if Trump is going to nominate someone like him then let them also take on soda, processed food, pesticides and heavy metals contamination,
Not sure how bringing back Measles and bringing back Polio makes anyone more healthy ...
Polis wrote in an X post on August 25. The RFK as Health Secretary appointment is f------ insane, ... He’s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems. This is going to cost lives."
