Dr. Paul Offit: ‘It Was a Sad Day for Children in This Country’ that RFK Jr. Got out of the Committee

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OFFIT: “Well, I think it's said to me that Senator Cassidy believes that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be anybody other than what he's been for the last 20 years. I mean, RFK Jr. has said he thinks no vaccine is a benefit. He thinks vaccines cause autism. When he sees a parent carrying a child on a hiking trail or running path, he goes up to them and says, ‘Don't vaccinate your child.’ Now he is reassured that RFK Jr. is going to be somebody completely different than who he's been for the last 20 years. This is an anti- vaccine advocate and science denialist who now is about to head the largest public health agency in the United States. I think it was a sad day for children in this country as he appears to move forward into that position.”