HISTORY: :: November 18, 2024
:: Canberra, Australia
:: RFK Jr’s views on vaccines are ‘harmful’
says US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
:: Caroline Kennedy, US Ambassador to Australia
“Yes, I feel Bobby Kennedy’s views on vaccines are harmful, however I do not suppose most Americans share them. So, we’ll simply have to attend and see what, however he actually is, you realize, I grew up with him, so I do know all this for a very long time and others are simply beginning to find out about it. My Uncle Teddy spent 50 years preventing for reasonably priced healthcare within the Senate and it is one thing our total household is so pleased with.
“So, I’d say our household is united when it comes to our assist for the general public well being sector and infrastructure, and has the best admiration for the medical career in our nation, whereas Bobby Kennedy has completely different views.”
Kennedy mentioned his cousin, who has unfold misinformation about vaccines, holds views at odds with most Americans, together with the Kennedy clan.
RFK Jr., the son and grandson of two titans of Democratic politics, has typically spoken about addressing what he calls the “persistent illness epidemic” that features situations similar to weight problems, diabetes and autism, and about lowering chemical compounds in meals.
But critics level to RFK Jr.’s historical past of constructing false medical claims, together with that vaccines are linked to autism.
The Kennedy title is highly effective forex in Democratic politics, and RFK Jr.’s cousin, Kennedy, had served as ambassador to Japan earlier than taking over her present submit in Australia in 2022.
In one among her final speeches as outgoing ambassador earlier than she was succeeded by President-elect Trump, Kennedy informed an viewers on the National Press Club in Canberra that Australia and the Indo-Pacific would stay related no matter who was president .
