Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said on MSNBC Saturday that if Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s does take over as head of HHS, it could “end up killing people.”
Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead HHS, sparking controversy amongst lawmakers and media pundits. For decades, Kennedy has held anti-vaccine beliefs, including about the Covid-19 vaccine.
During an interview on Saturday with MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart, Sebelius claimed that Kennedy’s anti-vaccine beliefs are “totally disqualifying” for him to lead the agency while adding that his nomination is “life or death.”
I think that we’re talking about magnitudes of danger beyond erroneously making legal decisions. This is life or death. The HHS affects people from birth to their grave and is intimately connected with every state in the country. So this could be very dangerous. I think it’s totally disqualifying for anyone who seeks to lead the major health agency in this country and one of the leaders in the world to just unequivocally say there is no safe and effective vaccine.
That in and of itself, from the bully pulpit of HHS, could end up killing people, could end up harming children. My grandson is too young to get a lot of vaccinations yet, and having him exposed to unvaccinated people with polio and measles is a terrifying thought. Having eradicated those diseases as a major health initiative, Jonathan, I think this is absolutely terrifying and people should understand how serious it is.
Watch the full clip above via MSNBC.
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