“The decision to nominate RFK Jr. as the secretary of health and human services is not just irresponsible, it is dangerous.”
Doctors Jane Pringle and Brendan Prast, writing in the Portland Press Herald:
“…vaccinations are just one proven aspect of health care that he is against. Beyond vaccines, he actively spreads misinformation about autism, COVID treatments, HIV/AIDS and fluoride in water sources. The decision to nominate RFK Jr. as the secretary of health and human services is not just irresponsible, it is dangerous.
As Maine physicians, we oppose this nomination for the sake of our patients and communities. We do not want to see a resurgence of easily preventable diseases like measles, chicken pox or pertussis, which are sure to follow the appointment of an anti-vaccine advocate to a federal role. We do not want to see our patients and families harmed by policies that are aggressively anti-science, driven not by research and evidence, but by rhetoric.”