A group of Nobel laureates signed a letter urging senators to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of Health and Human Services.
A group of 75 Nobel Prize winners have issued an open letter calling on members of the Senate to reject“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in the health sciences,” the laureates write, according to a copy of the letter obtainedthat there there are some who will read this and think, ‘Well, we really do want to protect the health of our citizens They didn’t elect us so that we could kill them.
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominating Kennedy to lead the HHS by has raised alarm bells across multiple fields, primarily those working in the medical profession. The vaccine conspiracy theorist has a long track record peddling junk science. In 2013, Kennedy called for vaccine scientistsduring an autism conference, and he has falsely accused vaccine research of being the cause of diseases like HIV, Spanish Flu, and Lyme Disease.
Kennedy has threatened to fire large swatches of the federal government’s health care and scientific workforce, accusing them of waging a “war on public health.” The letter notes Kennedy’s “lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science, public health or administration,” as well as how he “has been an opponent of many health-protecting and live-saving vaccines, such as those that prevent measles and polio.”
“The leader of DHHS should continue to nurture and improve — not to threaten — these important and highly respected institutions and their employees,” the letter continues.'Last Week Tonight' Withdrawn From Critics Choice Awards Consideration Amid Controversy The Verdict Is in — ‘Juror No. 2’ Is #1 on VOD While ‘Red One’ and ‘Conclave’ Get Warp Speed Streaming
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