Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, went on CNN Tuesday to shred Republicans who are willing to fall in line and confirm anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services.
During his appearance on the network, host Brianna Keilar asked Offit if he believed recent assurances made by Kennedy that he wasn't against the administration of vaccines.
Offit replied that he had absolutely no confidence in Kennedy's supposed newfound respect for medical science.
"No," Offit replied. "He's told you who he is for the last 20 years. He has said, again and again, he considers no vaccine to be of benefit. He has said, again and again, that he thinks the polio vaccine killed, in his words, many, many, many more children than it saved."
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Offit then warned that vaccination rates among children have already been plummeting in recent years, which has led to major outbreaks of diseases such as measles.
Putting an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist such as Kennedy in charge of a federal public health agency would only lead to more sickness, he added.
"It's already starting to happen," he said. "RFK Jr., with not only his famous name, but now a position at HHS... is going to do what he's been doing for the last 20 years, which is further misrepresent vaccine safety and efficacy and our children will suffer."
Kennedy is due to face confirmation hearings on Wednesday.
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