RFK -Younger throws doubts about the vaccines, confronted with Democrats about access to Covid Shot

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy -Jelling doubled False claims to vaccines And claimed that it did not limit access to the whims during the Senate’s testimony on Thursday when the senators pressed it on the sweeping Changes in immunization policy and federal medical institutions.

Kennedy said he supports the recently appointed member of the main state vaccine that MRNA vaccines are at a dangerous risk to humans. Many studies have shown that shooting using mRNA -technology, including wool vaccines Pfizer and ModernSafe and effective and serious side effects have occurred in extremely rare cases.

Senator Michael Bennett, J.-Cola, noted that the committee member Dr. Rettsef Levi said that the mounting map-vaccine was doing “serious damage, including death, especially among the youth” apparently referring to Record, pressed against the X LEVI account. Kennedy has appointed Levi to the Practice of the Immunization Practice, which advises centers for the control and prevention of the disease on the recommendations of the vaccine and insurance coverage.

Kennedy said he did not know about Levi’s comments, but added, “I agree with that.”

He also claimed that anyone could force the moody booster, and admits that access “depends on the state” and that the government no longer recommended vaccines for healthy people.

The nutrition and medicine administration approved a new round with a new restriction, only clearing them for adults at the age of 65 and people with a medical condition that is at risk of serious illness. The CDC and its vaccine panel will decide who to recommend at the end of this month.

“I don’t pick them up,” Kennedy said, citing vaccines.

But Senator Elizabeth Warren, Mass, claimed that not everyone could go to the pharmacy and now shoot.

The new FDA limits have complex access to the US shooting, which now depends on the age and level of risk, laws and policies in their country, insurance and healthcare provider. Before waiting for CDC guide, Some pharmacies Vaccine vaccine recipes in some states have been added.

“You are clearly taking the vaccine,” she said after a long shout from Kennedy.

Kennedy’s comments before the Senate Financing Committee comes after he repeatedly promised the panel In January, he will do nothing as a HHS secretary that complicates it or prevents people from taking vaccines. Since then it has canceled financing To develop mRNA shots and make other vaccine policy changes that could restrict access to vaccinations, including squeezing the CDC vaccine panel and refusing COVID Shot recommendations for certain groups.

His comments also follow from leadership at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Last week, the White House fired CDC director Susan Monores, and four high -ranking agency officials were submitted immediately after some of them referred to the agency’s politicization and a threat to health care. In Submission of opinion on ThursdayMonorez accused Kennedy of “intentional efforts to weaken the health care system in America and the vaccine.”

Kennedy advertised skepticism around vocal vaccines, despite evidence of their safety and efficiency.

“We were told again and again that vaccines prevent transfer, they prevent infection. It was not true. They knew it from the beginning,” Kennedy said.

He also said he did not know how many people died from COVID and whether the vaccine of the virus was hindered.

“I would like to see the data and talk about the data,” Kennedy said.

But data is easily available in dozens of research. One document in August It is estimated that the rescue vaccines are more than 2 million lives, mainly among the elderly adults, worldwide between 2020 and October 2024.

A Web -Sight CDC It is also said that the vaccines against the 2023 season 2024 reduced the risk of serious illness as a result of COVID almost 70% in the first two months after vaccination in adults aged 18 years and when the protection is gradually decreased over time.

These shots also reduced the risk of hospitalization from COVID by about 50% in the first two months of vaccination in the same population. COVID vaccines showed similar advantages in adults.

Kennedy also defended his decision to dismiss all 17 previous CDC vaccine members, saying did not politicize the committee.

“What we did, it got rid of the conflicts of interest … We depoliticized and put on this wonderful scientists from a very diverse group,” HHS secretary said. “They are very, very pro-Sanuzel.”

But New analysis Posted last month from USC researchers, it turned out that the conflict of interest in this panel for many years was on “historical lows” before Kennedy resumed it with new members, some of which are widely known vaccine critics.