Two of his siblings and his niece say his anti-vax advocating 'is having heartbreaking consequences.'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in 2015 against a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated, during a rally in Sacramento. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow May 8 at 3:38 PM Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … is part of this campaign to attack the institutions committed to reducing the tragedy of preventable infectious diseases,” they wrote. “He has helped to spread dangerous misinformation over social media and is complicit in sowing distrust of the science behind vaccines.” He has continued to write and give speeches on the repeatedly debunked claims that vaccines cause autism and leads a group called the Children’s Health Defense, which propagates misinformation about risks posed by vaccines.
Anti-vaccine sentiment has taken hold in several spots across the United States, creating dangerous conditions for the spread of the virus. Some communities in Washington state have low vaccination rates because of parents’ belief that the shots will harm their children. The Washington state legislature has passed a bill that would make it harder for parents to opt their children out of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. It is awaiting the signature of Gov. Jay Inslee .
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