{"id":18506,"date":"2024-12-17T16:28:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18506"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T18:24:01","slug":"what-rfk-jr-has-said-about-the-polio-vaccine-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18506","title":{"rendered":"What RFK Jr. Has Said About the Polio Vaccine in Recent Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began a tour of Capitol Hill this week to pay courtesy calls on senators who will vote on his nomination to be health secretary and to calm concerns that he would limit access to vaccines, especially for polio. \u201cI\u2019m all for the polio vaccine,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said to a throng of reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n

President-elect Donald J. Trump also sought to head off inevitable questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to lose the polio vaccine,\u201d Mr. Trump declared during a news conference on Monday. \u201cThat\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a New York Times review of Mr. Kennedy\u2019s public comments over the past several years shows that he has consistently expressed views about the polio vaccine that are at odds with the medical consensus. For example, he has suggested that after the vaccine was first introduced, it might have caused a wave of cancers \u201cthat killed many, many, many, many, many more people than polio ever did.\u201d And he has said the idea that the vaccine resulted in a drastic decline in polio cases is \u201ca mythology\u201d that is \u201cjust not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

His opinions on the polio vaccine have come under scrutiny since an article in The New York Times reported<\/a> on Friday that Aaron Siri, a lawyer who is advising Mr. Kennedy during the transition, had filed petitions on behalf of a nonprofit to revoke federal approval of the standalone polio vaccine, known as IPOL, and to pause distribution of 13 other shots, some of which include polio immunization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Kennedy\u2019s spokeswoman, Katie Miller, also weighed in Monday in an email message: \u201cMr. Kennedy believes the polio vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly studied.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is an analysis of some of Mr. Kennedy\u2019s statements about the polio vaccine.<\/p>\n