{"id":26835,"date":"2025-04-29T23:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26835"},"modified":"2025-04-29T23:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:23:24","slug":"kennedy-advises-new-parents-to-do-your-own-research-on-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26835","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Advises New Parents to \u2018Do Your Own Research\u2019 on Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals<\/p>\n

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to \u201cdo your own research\u201d before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements that cast doubt on the benefits of vaccination and the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kennedy made the remarks to the talk show host Dr. Phil in an interview<\/a> that aired Monday on MeritTV to mark the 100th day of the Trump administration. He said, as he has in the past, that \u201cif you want to avoid spreading measles, the best thing you can do is take that vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mr. Kennedy also made clear, as he has in the past, that he believes it is up to individuals to decide. In suggesting vaccines are unsafe, he contradicted decades of advice from public health experts, including leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that we live in a democracy, and part of the responsibility of being a parent is to do your own research,\u201d the health secretary said, in response to a question from a woman in the audience who asked how he would advise a new parent about vaccine safety. \u201cYou research the baby stroller, you research the foods that they\u2019re getting, and you need to research the medicines that they\u2019re taking as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The phrase \u201cI did my own research\u201d became a cultural and political touchstone during the coronavirus pandemic, when proponents of vaccination, mostly on the political left, used it to denigrate those who had chosen not to get vaccinated. It became an internet meme and popped up on mock tombstones<\/a> in Halloween-themed graveyards in liberal neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kennedy\u2019s comments came amid the largest measles outbreak<\/a> in about 25 years in the United States, which has included the deaths of two young children and an adult.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvalsHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to \u201cdo your own research\u201d before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements that cast doubt on the benefits of vaccination and the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.Mr. Kennedy made the remarks to the talk show host Dr. Phil in an interview that aired Monday on MeritTV to mark the 100th day of the Trump administration. He said, as he has in the past, that \u201cif you want to avoid spreading measles, the best thing you can do is take that vaccine.\u201dBut Mr. Kennedy also made clear, as he has in the past, that he believes it is up to individuals to decide. In suggesting vaccines are unsafe, he contradicted decades of advice from public health experts, including leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u201cI would say that we live in a democracy, and part of the responsibility of being a parent is to do your own research,\u201d the health secretary said, in response to a question from a woman in the audience who asked how he would advise a new parent about vaccine safety. \u201cYou research the baby stroller, you research the foods that they\u2019re getting, and you need to research the medicines that they\u2019re taking as well.\u201dThe phrase \u201cI did my own research\u201d became a cultural and political touchstone during the coronavirus pandemic, when proponents of vaccination, mostly on the political left, used it to denigrate those who had chosen not to get vaccinated. It became an internet meme and popped up on mock tombstones in Halloween-themed graveyards in liberal neighborhoods.The Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Mr. Kennedy\u2019s comments came amid the largest measles outbreak in about 25 years in the United States, which has included the deaths of two young children and an adult.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26837,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26838,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26835\/revisions\/26838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}