RFK Jr is playing with babies' lives
His decision to withdraw the US from vaccine alliance Gavi threatens not just children's lives worldwide, but also innovation and American interests.
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's decision to end funding support for vaccine alliance Gavi is both immoral and dangerous, says the writer.
When Mr Robert F. Kennedy Jr was
appointed US Secretary of Health and Human Services , everyone knew he was capable of doing great damage. He had a long history of indulging conspiracy theories, particularly when it came to vaccines. Already, his attempt to reassess immunisation schedules in the US has outraged paediatricians.
But his latest broadside against science, a decision to
withdraw US funding from global vaccine alliance Gavi , may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.
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