Over 17,000 Doctors Warn Senate: RFK Jr Is 'Actively Dangerous'

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Over 17,000 doctors warn Senate: RFK Jr. is 'actively dangerous,' Daily Kos, Jan. 9, 2025. 🥼
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A coalition of over 17,000 doctors sent a joint letter to the Senate, asking members to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be secretary of health and human services under Donald Trump.

The Committee to Protect Health Care said in its letter that Kennedy is “not only unqualified to lead this essential agency—he is actively dangerous.” The group describes Trump’s decision to nominate him as “an affront to the principles of public health, the tireless dedication of medical professionals, and the trust that millions of Americans place in the health care system.”

Chief among the group’s concerns about Kennedy are his years promoting conspiracy theories about vaccines and his activism against vaccination. The letter describes Kennedy’s support for these unscientific notions as “direct threat to the safety of our patients and the public at large.” Vaccination has historically been an extremely effective way to safeguard public health. Vaccination for HPV (human papillomavirus) prevents most cases of cervical cancer, while polio has nearly been eradicated after the deployment of a vaccine.

Despite these and many other successes, the group of doctors noted that in a 2022 speech, Kennedy compared vaccination policies to the actions of Nazi Germany. They also highlighted the work of Kennedy’s nonprofit, Children's Health Defense, in fighting against vaccination. In its letter, the group also pointed out Kennedy’s 2019 trip to Samoa, during which he advocated against vaccines. The trip was followed by a major outbreak of measles there that killed more than 80 people (mostly babies and young children)...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/9/2296063/-Over-17-000-doctors-warn-Senate-RFK-Jr-is-actively-dangerous
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How Worried Should We Be About RFK Jr As Health Secretary? Ask Florida
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1. trump and the republicans will see that as a big plus

[Lovie777]

2. Ditto.....

[appalachiablue]

3. Tragic. Many will get sick and die, others will seek quack health remedies.

[Oneear]

4. Take a Look at the Data on Healthcare, Vaccines

In my Town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 95% of the Water flows into Galvanized Pipe Dipped in Zinc, which is lead Pipes. EPA.gov lead read the data on lead. Will the Senators ask RFK JR to Push for the Removal of lead pipes? RFK JR. even says Make America Healthy Again, so will he Rise to add Remove Lead Water Pipe as the Mainline and Lateral service lines also? Will Donald J. Trump allow Clean Drinking Water?

[appalachiablue]

5. That's an awful situation, I don't know if the new admin will push

for more lead cleanup and healthy drinking water. Flint, Michigan is still struggling 10 years after that huge mistake.

Years ago, Jr was an effective environmental lawyer esp regarding river cleanup. But whatever happened to him since then is deadly dangerous to us. Thanks for posting.

[onecaliberal]

6. That's what they want.

They’re too stupid to understand they already have labor shortages, but hey, kill a lot more people.