Robert Kennedy Jr. says he will chair "vaccination safety" committee for Trump

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: CBS



President-elect Donald Trump met with Robert Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, on Tuesday. According to incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer, the two discussed “the issues pertaining to vaccines and immunizations.”

After the meeting concluded, Kennedy told reporters that Mr. Trump had asked him to “chair a commission on vaccination safety and scientific integrity.” Kennedy said he told Mr. Trump he would chair such a commission, and that their meeting was held at Mr. Trump’s request.

Kennedy, the eldest son of liberal icon Sen. Robert Kennedy, was best known as an environmental advocate before increasingly devoting his time to the supposed dangers of vaccines.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly shared his belief that there is a link between vaccines and autism.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-meets-with-vaccine-skeptic-robert-kennedy-jr/

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What a scumbag this guy turned out to be - as if his horrendous treatment of his ex-wife on the level of John Edwards scumbaggery wasn't enough.

Trump had actually backed away from anti-vaxxer lunacy a little, but here comes Bobby to reinforce his tinfoil hattery.

[Tatiana]

1. Really? This is so NOT helpful.

RFK, Jr. what are you thinking????

[herding cats]

2. He's an anti-vaxxer

He's thinking of pushing his agenda with the help of Trump.

[Tatiana]

5. I can't think of any agenda that would cause one to seek Trump's help.

At least, not a Democratic agenda.

Very disappointed in RFK, Jr. I know he's a little special, but this is totally out of order.

[herding cats]

13. I totally agree with you.

On both counts.

[Generator]

32. Agree totally

My husband called this Kennedy a nut and said that if your are a "nut" it makes it hard to make moral decisions too. Even if Trump was saving kittens I wouldn't work with him.

[nycbos]

3. He is a wacko.

Anti-vexers don't think.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. This is good news for me. I'll finally be able to put my degree in alchemy to use

when I'm appointed commissioner of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hey, why not? Trump could always appoint Josef Mengele.

I kid. Mengele's dead. I think.

Here, let me rub it in:

Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. says Trump asked him to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’

By Abby Phillip and Lena H. Sun

@abbydphillip

@bylenasun

January 10 at 3:45 PM

Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a proponent of a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, according to Kennedy. ... The stunning move would contradict established science, medicine and the government’s position on the issue. It comes after Trump — who has long been critical of vaccines — met at Trump Tower with Kennedy, who has spearheaded efforts to roll back child vaccination laws.
....

{The origins of Donald Trump’s autism/vaccine theory and how it was completely debunked eons ago}

Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, on Tuesday, Kennedy said that Trump called him to request the meeting, and he accepted the position on the new commission. It is unclear exactly what role the commission would play.
....

The announcement was met with alarm from health professionals who say that putting a proponent of a conspiracy theory in a position of authority on this issue is dangerous.

{A horrifying reminder of what life without vaccines was really like}

“That’s very frightening, it’s difficult to imagine anyone less qualified to serve on a commission for vaccine science,” said Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a nonprofit that works to control, treat and eliminate vaccine-preventable and neglected tropical diseases. ... “The science is clear: massive evidence showing no link between vaccines and autism, and as both a scientist who develops vaccines for poverty related neglected diseases and the father of an adult daughter with autism, there’s not even any plausibility for a link,” Hotez continued. “Autism is a genetic condition.”

We are now down to the level of stark, raving lunatics.

[proverbialwisdom]

37. More by Lena H. Sun

WAPO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/13/the-u-s-already-has-a-vaccine-safety-commission-and-it-works-really-well-experts-say/

http://www.rescuepost.com/files/conflicts_of_interest_in_vaccine_safety_research_gayle_delong1.pdf

Accountability in Research, 19:65-88, 2012
ISSN: 0898-9621 print 11545-5815 online
DOl: 10.1080108989621.2012.660073

Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Safety Research
Gayle DeLong
Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, New York, New York, USA

Abstract

Conflicts of interest (COIs) cloud vaccine safety research. Sponsors of research have competing interests that may impede the objective study of vaccine side effects. Vaccine manufacturers, health officials, and medical journals may have financial and bureaucratic reasons for not wanting to acknowledge the risks of vaccines. Conversely, some advocacy groups may have legislative and financial reasons to sponsor research that finds risks in vaccines. Using the vaccine-autism debate as an illustration, this article details the conflicts of interest each of these groups faces, outlines the current state of vaccine safety research, and suggests remedies to address COIs. Minimizing COIs in vaccine safety research could reduce research bias and restore greater trust in the vaccine program...

https://www.facebook.com/jbhandleyjr/posts/1504150869625063
https://www.facebook.com/jbhandleyjr/posts/1504141876292629

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. Next up: Benny Hinn for surgeon general!

QUIT GOING TO THE DOCTOR, AMERICA!

[Little Star]

7. "When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds."

This Will Rogers quote sure is true. What a jackass.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. For years I heard many on this board go on about

how much a "great liberal" RFK Jr is whenever he was called out on anti-vax nuttery (as well as other CT and woo he embraced).

Come to think of it, most of those posters seem to have left this joint.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. So, who do you think will be appointed NASA's astrologer-in-chief? NT

[Dr Hobbitstein]

12. Madame Ruby, of course.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. She wrongly told Pee-Wee the Alamo had a basement

and she can tell the alt righters, incorrectly, that the Pizzagate place has one, too.

[Liberal Veteran]

16. Magic 8 Ball is currently the most likely candidate, with Ouija Board in second. -nt

[Javaman]

9. his father and his uncle just spun in their graves. nt

[El Mimbreno]

24. Turncoat!

RFK, JFK, lots of other Kennedys, LBJ, FDR, the list of anguished spirits goes on and on.

[NickB79]

10. A number of us here have been calling JFK Jr. an anti-vax nutjob for years

And of course there have been raging threads here about how he's such a great friend of the liberal cause.

The man is a fucking loon, and a sellout to boot.

[nycbos]

14. A sane reasonable comment on a internet comment section.

I didn't think that was possible.

[hollowdweller]

17. The upside would be maybe reaching Trump on some environmental stuff

However no matter how you look at it it shows Trump is bipartisan on issues of non reality.

[Blue Idaho]

15. Prominent Anti-Vaxxer and Trump

What could possibly go wrong? Why do I think this is more about celebrity than any strongly held beliefs on the part of the pretend-POTUS?

[Mr. Sparkle]

19. Trump doesn't believe in global warming which has a mountain of evidence it, but is an

anti vaccine nut which has no scientific evidence behind it. It makes you think, it is gonna be a fun 4 years.

[dbackjon]

20. FUCK TRUMP and anyone thatt didn't vote for Clinton

Seriously.


They all need to fuck off and move to Russia.

[cab67]

21. I'm appalled.

Yet again.

[montana_hazeleyes]

22. Well, another disappointment . I've been thinking if only

we had some good strong Kennedy opposition and voices now. Like John and Bobby and Teddy.

I didn't think of RFK jr. in that vein but never thought a Kennedy would have anything to do with trump.

I grew up in the 1950s when there was a real fear and reality of polio. I had a wonderful friend who had it. I am totally for vaccinations. They are so important.

[SunSeeker]

23. I hope these nut jobs all come down with measles.

[packman]

25. This is sad - I had higher expectations for RFK,Jr.

[Chasstev365]

26. HIS FATHER AND UNCLES WOULD BE APPALLED!

[LisaM]

27. Oh, well, in related news, the Trump team denies it.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-donald-trump-vaccine-commission/

These people are all whack.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. What's the trade-off?

Will Trump pardon Michael Skakel, Kennedy's cousin?

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Simply perverse

T goes against the accepted status quo of anything

He accepts this scientific inquiry, but not climate science data?

Perverse

[paleotn]

30. Nuts do tend to attract other nuts...

For all his liberal bona fides, his anti-vax stupid shit drives me nuts!

[SCVDem]

31. See how this works?

They kill Obamacare, which covered the vaccinations. Now the problem is solved except for the school requirement.

Wait, that's where DeVoss comes in. She changes the vax requirement for public schools.

Poor people not in charter schools get sick and die.

Look at how much profit they make!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Bingo

[ChazII]

33. Unbelievable n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. What's next a commision to see whether the moon landing was faked?

[Paladin]

36. Get lost, Robert Jr.

Jeez, what an embarrassment to a fine old family.