Kennedy advises modern parents “doing their own tests” on vaccines

Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He advised parents of newborns to “conduct their own research” before he instilled their infants during a television interview, in which he also suggested that the Odra arrow was threatening and had repeatedly made false statements that undermine the benefits of vaccinating and independence from food and medicine administration.

Mr. Kennedy made comments for the host Talk -show Dr. Phil in an interview It was broadcast on Merittv on Monday on the 100th day of Trump’s administration. He said how in the past that “if you want to avoid the spread of the Oder, the best thing you can do, then take this vaccine.”

But Mr. Kennedy also explained, as in the past, that he thinks that it is from individuals to decide. Suggesting that vaccines are threatening, he denied the decades of public health experts, including leaders of control centers and disease prevention.

“I would say that we live in democracy and a part of responsibility for being a parent is to conduct our own research,” said the Secretary of Health in response to the question of a woman from the audience who asked how she would advise the modern parent about vaccine safety. “You study a children’s stroller, study the food they receive, and you must also examine the medications they take.”

The expression “I did my own research” became a cultural and political cornerstone during the Coronawir pandemic, when supporters of vaccination, mainly on the political left, used it to slander those who decided not to vaccinate. He became an internet meme and appeared Mockstones in the Halloween cemetery in liberal districts.

The Department of Health and Social Welfare did not immediately respond to the request for comment.

The comments of Mr. Kennedy appeared among the biggest blessing of the Oder in about 25 years in the United States, including the death of two youthful children and an adult.

Dr. Paul Officit, a pediatrician and vaccine expert at a children’s hospital in Philadelphia, who was often contrary to Mr. Kennedy, said that “it is completely reasonable to be skeptical for vaccines”, but parents who wanted to conduct their own research must watch out for their sources of information.

“What should mean your own research is that you should talk or at least look at the internet, people who have specialist knowledge in this field, which does not mean looking at chat or simply on blog entries in social media,” said Dr. officer. He added that although good information is available: “There is also a lot of bad sources of information that badly smoothes you about your choice. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a great example.”

Another vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said Kennedy was dishonest. “He says that – by performing his own research – knowing well that when a parent conducts his own research, they now usually take a disinformation attack – many of them from health and well -being, the industry of influential dietary supplements, trying to sell alternatives.”

Mr. Kennedy also suggested without evidence that the measles of the Odra cause various ailments. “Does this stop the Oder?” He asked. “Yes, but does it also do something else, causes seizures or causes a neurological or autoimmune disease? We don’t know. Nobody can answer this question.”

In fact, studies have shown that vaccinated people are sporadic less likely than people suffering from infections to develop autoimmune diseases, which prompted researchers to state that vaccines “not only have the patient of patient protection against infectious diseases, but also against his complications, including autoimmune symptoms.”

Other statements of Mr. Kennedy in an interview were also full of inaccuracies. “Recent drugs are approved by external panels, not by FDA or CDC,” he said.

This is false. External expert panels advise the FDA on controversial or high -profile decisions on drug approval, and some panel members have links to industry, which are publicly disclosed before the commencement of meetings. But the FDA itself has the right to approve or reject modern drugs, vaccines and other therapies. CDC does not play any role in drug approval.

“Mr. Kennedy needs severance pay on drug development and FDA decisions regarding marketing,” said Dr. Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Agency under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “He is either an oblivious on this subject or intentionally misleads society. External panels are advisory. FDA makes decisions.”

Mr. Kennedy also insisted, inaccurately that vaccines are not assessed for safety or before their license. “At the beginning there is no security research, later there is no monitoring system,” he said, adding: “vaccines are the only medicine or medical product that is released from safety tests before the license.”

In fact, the food and drug administration licensed vaccines after a long -term process, which begins with extensive tests in the laboratory and animals and goes to trials in humans. FDA requires careful safety and effectiveness of vaccines, often with thousands of people in enormous attempts, said Dr. Peter Marx, head of the agency department, who was recently forced to resign from his position.

“I don’t know where this misunderstanding comes from,” said Dr. Marx, who was critical of Mr. Kennedy. “Vaccines are required for a wide study for safety. By definition, we give these products to vigorous people. So safety is the most significant.”

After the vaccine license they are monitored using database alphabet soup. . Vaccine safety data link The system consisted of electronic medical documents from medical centers throughout the country. He was responsible for detecting extraordinary side effects, including rare cases of myocarditisSo myocarditis among youthful men who took Covid-19 vaccines.

Other system, System reporting system for adverse vaccinesDeveloped in 1990 as the “national warning system”, it is based on patients and suppliers reports. Although many vaccine critics, including Mr. Kennedy, cited Vaers data to argue that vaccines are threatening, the system was not designed to determine if vaccines cause health problems. It has been designed to collect tips that can be further examined in other types of data systems.

The FDA has an additional security monitoring program The best, or initiative of efficiency and biological safety.

Dr. Sean O’Leary, chairman of the Committee of Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said that it is a mistake to say that federal officials do not consider vaccine safety. “I don’t know where it comes from,” he said, “because none of this is true.”

He added: “We are aware of many sporadic adverse events. If it becomes clear that the risk is even close to the advantage of benefits, the vaccine is pulled out of the market.”