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littlemissmartypants

(27,647 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:37 PM 21 hrs ago

Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: 'I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me'

Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’
The health secretary appeared before the House Appropriations Committee this morning. This afternoon he'll go before the Senate's Health, Labor, Education and Pensions committee.


May 14, 2025, 12:06 PM EDT / Updated May 14, 2025, 12:25 PM EDT

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Megan Lebowitz

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday sidestepped a question about vaccines and whether he would choose to vaccinate his children today against a number of diseases, saying, “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”

Kennedy’s comment was in response to Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., during a House Appropriations Committee hearing.

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas and other parts of the U.S. that's killed two children and one adult — all unvaccinated — Kennedy has pushed unproven remedies, including a steroid called budesonide, an antibiotic called clarithromycin and cod liver oil, a supplement high in vitamin A.

None are proven treatments for measles, experts say. High doses of vitamin A can cause nausea, vomiting and liver damage, especially in small children.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-outbreak-congressional-hearing-rcna206776



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Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: 'I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me' (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago OP
He should be tarred with that comment everywhere he goes. pandr32 21 hrs ago #1
Note to Junior: Next step, RESIGN UTUSN 20 hrs ago #2
What BS. HE IS HEADING HHS POLICY--which means "HIS opinion" outweighs the individual physician for the public's health hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #3
Disingenuous. He should stop shovelling his shit. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 20 hrs ago #4
Wow, just wow! My mouth is just hanging open, too amazed to move. Biophilic 20 hrs ago #5
In his case... littlemissmartypants 19 hrs ago #7
Exactly. Then we start to question ourselves. Not a pretty picture. Biophilic 19 hrs ago #10
Message auto-removed Name removed 16 hrs ago #13
Here is Rep Pocan questioning Kennedy womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #6
Here's a link to the current hearing: littlemissmartypants 19 hrs ago #8
Does he not realize how supremely incompetent he is? littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #11
FFS! sheshe2 19 hrs ago #9
Maybe he should try his boss's prescription of a shot of bleach and go swimming in an obvious sewer. Ping Tung 18 hrs ago #12

pandr32

(12,960 posts)
1. He should be tarred with that comment everywhere he goes.
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:41 PM
21 hrs ago

"I don't think anyone should be taking medical advice from me." He should not be heading our Health and Human Services Dept.

hlthe2b

(109,658 posts)
3. What BS. HE IS HEADING HHS POLICY--which means "HIS opinion" outweighs the individual physician for the public's health
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:58 PM
20 hrs ago

If he directs the FDA not to approve the next seasonal COVID-19 vaccine, or flu vaccine--making all the pharmaceutical companies repeat the original placebo-controlled studies that he apparently fails to realize have already been done, no individual physician can break through to get you or yours the vaccines they need.

So, he has substituted HIS failing brain and beliefs for science, medicine, and YOUR HEALTH.

He is beyond redemption. May he rot in a hell of his own making...

Biophilic

(5,599 posts)
5. Wow, just wow! My mouth is just hanging open, too amazed to move.
Wed May 14, 2025, 01:16 PM
20 hrs ago

This is the man who has been preaching horrible medical advice to the public for years? It's no wonder I can't get my heart rate to calm down. Good grief.

littlemissmartypants

(27,647 posts)
7. In his case...
Wed May 14, 2025, 02:24 PM
19 hrs ago

This lapse in judgment (probably accidental because his brain is fried) is actually a good thing.

The real question is: will anyone listen?

The problem with pervasive propaganda is that information gets so muddled (like his brain) that nobody knows what to believe or who to trust anymore.

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littlemissmartypants

(27,647 posts)
8. Here's a link to the current hearing:
Wed May 14, 2025, 02:30 PM
19 hrs ago
https://www.help.senate.gov/

Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget
Hearing type:Full Committee Hearing
Location:430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Date:05/14/25
Time:01:30pm

littlemissmartypants

(27,647 posts)
11. Does he not realize how supremely incompetent he is?
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:21 PM
18 hrs ago

His lack of self awareness is staggering.

He is just so intellectually diseased how can anyone, but those who are in his same condition, take him seriously?

Incompetence rises to the top in President Psychopath's administration across the board.

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Ping Tung

(2,341 posts)
12. Maybe he should try his boss's prescription of a shot of bleach and go swimming in an obvious sewer.
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:34 PM
18 hrs ago
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