Mr. Kennedy, on the other hand, is a vaccine cynic, failing to accept studies that refute his beliefs. He claims that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism despite more than a dozen studies performed in seven countries... showing that it doesn't.
I see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby, I say to him, 'Better not get him vaccinated.' Mr. Kennedy has encouraged people not to vaccinate their babies.
When Mr. Kennedy says he wants vaccines to be better studied, what he really seems to be saying is he wants studies that confirm his fixed, immutable, science-resistant beliefs. That's not skepticism.
Here's what good-faith vaccine skepticism looks like: In June 2022, I was one of the F.D.A. advisory committee members who voted against authorization of bivalent Covid vaccines.
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