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He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA,
If vaccines are working for somebody, I'm not going to take them away. People ought to have a choice, and that choice ought to be informed by the best information,
he said during an interview with NBC earlier this month I am vaccinated as is my family. I will hold any HHS Secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.”
Polis responded to criticism of RFK Jr. in a follow-up X post as he clarified This is horrible news for American consumers and a major setback for clean energy, ... Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans and this tax increase will hit every family.”
There’s no telling how far an anti-vaxxer & fringe conspiracy theorist like RFK Jr. could set America back in terms of public health, reproductive rights, research, & more,
He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues,
Science must remain THE cornerstone of our nation's health policy and the science-backed decision to get vaccinated improves public health and safety,
This is why I am for a major shake-up in institutions like the FDA that have been barriers to lowering drug costs and promoting healthy food choices,
While opposed to RFK's positions on a host of issues, including vaccines and banning fluoridation, he would appreciate seeing action on pesticides and efforts to lower prescription drug costs and if Trump is going to nominate someone like him then let them also take on soda, processed food, pesticides and heavy metals contamination,
But he definitely does not endorse actions that would lead to measles outbreaks and opposes unscientific propaganda that undermines confidence in the lifesaving impact of vaccines,
Not sure how bringing back Measles and bringing back Polio makes anyone more healthy ...
Polis wrote in an X post on August 25. The RFK as Health Secretary appointment is f------ insane, ... He’s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems. This is going to cost lives."
Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science. I will provide Americans with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families,
The fact that we're considering to bring somebody on with no scientific or medical credentials, who's falsely claimed for decades that vaccines cause autism, who has, quite frankly, said just outrageous comments about science and medicine, that this person would come in to gut the NIH (National Institutes of Health), I think is shameful,
Kennedy is an unqualified, know-nothing. He is dangerous to the health and well-being of every American,
The fact that Democratic sachems are debating whether their party should support public health as a political strategy rather than embracing it as a core value is testimony to how out of touch and morally bankrupt the party has become
Kennedy previously told the Washington Post The key takeaway for the public and public health community... is that [studies and rulings] do not conclude with any certainty that fluoridated water is injurious to public health.
On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all US water systems to remove fluoride from public water.
Writing on X, Kennedy said No matter who wins, one thing is crystal clear: Fluoridation is a house of cards
The Fluoride Action Network, which spearheads efforts to remove fluoride, said online I look forward to working with the more than 80,000 employees at HHS to free the agencies from the smothering cloud of corporate capture so they can pursue their mission to make Americans once again the healthiest people on Earth.
Accepting the nomination, he said
