Reaping what RFK Jr helped to sow? Measles is back in the US
Over the last decade, Robert F Kennedy’s non-profit group known as the Children’s Health Defense has vigorously promoted the debunked claim that MMR vaccines cause autism.
There is irony of a dark kind in the fact that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment as US health secretary comes at a time when his country is on the verge of losing its measles-free status.
Over the last decade, Mr Kennedy’s not-for-profit group known as the Children’s Health Defense, has vigorously promoted the debunked claim that MMR vaccines cause autism, which critics say has contributed to the significant decline in vaccination rates.
