Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the historic and pioneering new coronavirus vaccine in 2021, six months after vaccinations began at the height of the pandemic, when thousands of people were dying from the virus. He reportedly tried to block people from getting vaccinated against the virus.
In a petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2021, Donald Trump, then an elected official, was nominated to lead the $1.8 trillion Department of Health and Human Services. (He was not a family member or a government employee) called the health authorities. The New York Times reported Friday that the government has rescinded its emergency authorization for the shot and refrains from approving any future coronavirus vaccines.
The newspaper reported that the petition was filed on behalf of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit organization founded and led by Kennedy, now 71.
President Kennedy argued that the risks of the vaccine outweighed the benefits. He also said they are not needed because alternative treatments for COVID-19 are already available, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, both of which were promoted by then-U.S. President Donald Trump. He also said. But while public health experts have found that such alternative treatments are ineffective, a breakthrough vaccine has dramatically reduced both the lethality and severity of the coronavirus, ultimately has helped save millions of lives in the United States and around the world.
Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna led the effort in the U.S. to develop a breakthrough vaccine using new technology in record time, but humans have no immunity and a frightened population is desperate to fight the virus. The Trump administration also provided significant support during the period of resistance. .
Kennedy’s petition comes as the FDA’s green light for vaccinations is imminent under a $20 billion plan that Trump dubbed “Operation Warp Speed” and called a “monumental national achievement.” It was filed five months after Trump announced that he would.
President Kennedy will face pressure during his confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate next week over his anti-vaccination stance and promotion of debunked theories, including a link between increased childhood vaccination schedules and rising autism rates. will be exposed to Trump has said he supports an investigation into the matter, despite protests from public health leaders who have called Kennedy’s views and outsized influence dangerous. They are on the brink of President Kennedy becoming Secretary of Health and are now on high alert.
But when it comes to new vaccines and the broader issue of new vaccinations and research, there may be some distance between Trump and Kennedy. Studies have found an association between mRNA Covid-19 vaccines and an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis (inflammation of the heart and heart muscle), but the risk is considered low.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, pro-vaccine technology leader and philanthropist Bill Gates, the former CEO of Microsoft, said he had a three-hour dinner with Trump. He said he felt the president-elect was being generous. Vaccination and vaccine development.
Gates said their discussions were “very wide-ranging,” and that the two discussed global health issues (a focus of the $75 billion Gates Foundation) and developing treatments for HIV.
“He accelerated vaccine innovation during the coronavirus era,” Gates told the Journal. “So I asked him if we could do something similar here, and I think we were both pretty excited.”
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Meal partners also pointed to polio control efforts around the world, with the World Health Organization recently warning that polio is at “high risk” of spreading in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory ravaged amid Israeli military offensives. We also talked about.
Gates added that he found Trump “full of energy and looking forward to helping drive innovation.” I was frankly impressed by how much interest he showed in the issues I raised. ”
President Kennedy told reporters he was “totally in favor” of the polio vaccine, hours after President Trump said Americans “will not lose it.”
