{"id":137981,"date":"2024-12-17T09:21:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T02:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137981"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T02:21:54","slug":"kennedy-says-hes-all-for-polio-vaccine-as-gop-senators-raise-questions-about-his-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137981","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy says he\u2019s \u2018all for\u2019 polio vaccine as GOP senators raise questions about his views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rp3vi6001e26nxdm8zgfzy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to tamp down concerns about his history of vaccine skepticism as he meets with GOP senators who will vote on whether to confirm him as President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj800063b6mtivngkqb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kennedy on Monday told reporters on Capitol Hill that he is \u201call for\u201d the polio vaccine \u2014 comments that came hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/16\/politics\/trump-polio-vaccine-key-lines-news-conference\/index.html\">Trump said at a news conference<\/a> that Americans are \u201cnot going to lose the polio vaccine.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjuut000s3b6mjw23bt5q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Several GOP senators later Monday said they would press Kennedy to fully explain his views and intentions about vaccines before deciding whether to support him \u2014 highlighting the work that lies ahead for Trump\u2019s HHS pick.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpobtw000v3b6mcaitvemr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Asked about Kennedy saying he supports the polio vaccine, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a key centrist Republican who will meet Kennedy this week, said, \u201cI haven\u2019t heard that. But then I guess it begs the question: is it just that one vaccine or kind of where is it coming from more broadly?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpu6bu00103b6mraf96kpo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She continued: \u201cSo, those are the conversations that I think are important for me to have with him, because I do think that vaccines save lives.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj800073b6muk7ol2vu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Sen. Thom Tillis, who sits on the health committee, said he wants to give Kennedy the opportunity to explain his views on vaccines.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpz2on00143b6mcw57zzog@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf they are as reported, of course,\u201d the North Carolina Republican said when asked if he was concerned by what he\u2019s heard.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpyjav00123b6m121b5zk4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think it\u2019s hard to dispute that vaccines are probably one of the key factors behind our life expectancies and eliminating scourges that killed millions of people before vaccine,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj800083b6mn6528j2w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump and Kennedy\u2019s insistence on Monday that the incoming administration would not target a vaccine in use since 1955 followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/13\/health\/kennedy-lawyer-fda-polio-vaccine\/index.html\">reports that a lawyer affiliated with Kennedy<\/a> has petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the polio vaccine used in the United States. If Kennedy is confirmed as head of HHS, he\u2019ll oversee the FDA and could take the rare step of intervening in its petition review process.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj800093b6mm973eind@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, issued an apparent warning to Kennedy in a letter last week, writing that \u201canyone seeking the Senate\u2019s consent to serve in the incoming Administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association\u201d with efforts to rescind the approval of the polio vaccine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpzmce00173b6m9l1j3rcc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The letter was referenced by incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune in saying Kennedy will need to explain if he supports people being vaccinated against polio.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rq371k001b3b6mpdxrkihi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI expect that\u2019s one that I and many other of my colleagues will probably raise with him,\u201d the South Dakota Republican said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rq62k2001h3b6mxjbddwak@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Florida Sen. Rick Scott defended Kennedy after sitting down with him, saying the two both want \u201ctransparency\u201d on vaccines.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000b3b6mzjbn8det@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhat he wants with vaccines is, which is what I believe in, is transparency. I think we need to know exactly, with all vaccines, what has been the research and, you know, do they work? And what\u2019s your risk?\u201d he told CNN when asked what Kennedy had said about vaccines.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000c3b6mp96m09kb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kennedy refused to answer CNN\u2019s questions Monday about whether he stands by his previous comments tying vaccines to autism.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rq54hz001e3b6m5g48lfcj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Kennedy told Sen. Markwayne Mullin he plans to \u201cquestion\u201d the science of vaccines, the Oklahoma senator told reporters after meeting with the HHS pick.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rqd6h7001m3b6mzs2f5qnx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pressed by CNN\u2019s Manu Raju if Kennedy would encourage people not to vaccinate their children, Mullin said, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so. I think he\u2019s going to question science, and I\u2019m glad he\u2019s going to question it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rqe6nn001p3b6ml3jvvwzx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mullin told reporters he and Kennedy discussed autism rates in the US, but that Kennedy did not specifically link that to the use of vaccines, as he has in the past. \u201cHe said, \u2018We\u2019ve got to question it. What\u2019s causing it?\u2019\u201d Mullin said. He added that Kennedy told him he \u201c100%\u201d supported the polio vaccine, and the Oklahoma senator expressed his belief that \u201cthat one\u2019s different.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000d3b6mx4ni3nmi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kennedy often treaded carefully around the vaccine issue as a presidential candidate. In a July 2023 Fox News interview, Kennedy \u2014 then still running as a Democrat \u2014 said, \u201cI do believe that autism does come from vaccines, but I think most of the things people believe about my opinions about vaccines are wrong.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000e3b6m30z4vthn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kennedy, who later launched an independent presidential campaign before dropping out to endorse Trump, is meeting with GOP senators this week as Trump\u2019s team prepares for what could be contentious confirmation hearings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000f3b6m7z0qyyyo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Kennedy, Trump tapped a member of perhaps the most prominent Democratic family \u2014 one of the 11 children of the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy. However, he also chose a promoter of vaccine misinformation whose history of false claims of connections between vaccines and autism have made him a controversial choice to lead HHS.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000g3b6mwtfpmsbj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kennedy\u2019s past support for abortion rights could also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/26\/politics\/rfk-abortion-gop-concerns\/index.html\">prove problematic for some Republicans<\/a>. Mullin said Kennedy told him he \u201cserves the will of the president of the United States\u201d and would be pushing policies supported by Trump, who has said he thinks abortion should be left to the states.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rqgvhl001u3b6mk46p7pxe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In next year\u2019s GOP-controlled Senate, Kennedy can afford to lose only three GOP votes, if all Democrats oppose him. The extent of his bipartisan appeal, however, is still an open question, with some liberals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/22\/politics\/video\/jared-polis-rfk-jr-support-ip-digvid\">praising his commitment<\/a> to taking on pharmaceutical companies as well as challenging the use of pesticides and the consumption of processed food.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000h3b6mjd4uyou7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Kennedy and Trump\u2019s comments on Monday suggest that it\u2019s Kennedy\u2019s vaccine positions that have raised the most concerns about his ability to be confirmed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000i3b6myxej8a81@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In his news conference Monday at Mar-a-Lago, when asked whether he believes there is a connection between vaccines and autism, Trump said, \u201cRight now, you have some very brilliant people looking at it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000j3b6mmkmmvsdt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe\u2019re going to look into finding, why is the autism rate so much higher than it was 20, 25, 30 years ago? And it\u2019s like \u2014 it\u2019s 100 times higher. There\u2019s something wrong, and we\u2019re going to try that,\u201d Trump said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000k3b6man42d6r0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Experts say that although autism is more common than in the past, it\u2019s probably largely due to increases in awareness of the signs, better screening and coverage for services, and changes in the criteria for diagnosis\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rr30it001z3b6mp3xnu46s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump said he\u2019d dined recently with pharmaceutical executives, Kennedy, and his pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz. In defending Kennedy, Trump called him \u201ca very rational guy.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rpjmj8000m3b6mjzs2awcr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump also acknowledged the significance of the polio vaccine, saying he knew people afflicted with the disease that was all but eradicated when vaccines were developed, and he credited polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk by name.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rp3zyw00003b6mfv6m2ijx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Manu Raju, Ali Main, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Brenda Goodman contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/16\/politics\/kennedy-vaccines-gop-senators\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Robert F. 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