RFK Jr. Appointee Reviewing Vaccines Has No Medical Background, Questionable Research History

"Retsef Levi, a professor of operations research and business at MIT, was selected by Kennedy for the role last year. Levi also serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the agency on matters relating to vaccines."

"Like most committee members picked by Kennedy (following his decision to remove all previous members from the panel), Levi is an anti-vaxxer, especially when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and mRNA shots in general. Levi has wrongly claimed, for example, that COVID shots are the "most failing medical product" in history."

"Indeed, the vast majority of research indicates that COVID and other mRNA vaccines are safe, and could even "revolutionize" vaccines for several ailments and diseases in the future. The technology, far from being young and untested, has been in development for decades."

Retsef Levi, an MIT operations research professor without medical background, was appointed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to review coronavirus vaccine safety. Levi also serves on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He is an anti-vaccine advocate who has falsely claimed COVID shots are the most failing medical product in history and that mRNA vaccines cause serious harm and death. Medical experts have widely criticized his research and statements as unsubstantiated. Scientific evidence demonstrates that COVID and mRNA vaccines are safe, with side effects consistent with other vaccines. The mRNA technology has been in development for decades and may revolutionize treatments for multiple diseases.

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