Five days after being sworn as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On February 18 he delivered a speech through a video link to the staff members of the Department of Health and Human Services, leaving in Of course, he would use his publication to challenge the widely accepted norms around medicine and science, but promising HHS staff that he would listen to his comments.
As PoliticalChelsea Cirruzzo and Adam Cancryn wrote Wednesday afternoon“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. implored the workers of the Federal Health Agency on Tuesday to” release “the preconceived notions of him and begin from the” square “, but also promised that” nothing will be out of the limits ” In his search to reduce chronic disease. ” They cited Kennedy as stating that “some of the possible factors that we investigated previously were taboo or insufficiently examined.” I am willing to submit them all to the scrutiny of impartial science. “
Cirruzzo and Cancryn pointed out that “Kennedy’s comments, their first comments extended since it was confirmed last week, occurs when Washington is directed by the shots and the cuts of funds pursued by the Government’s efficiency department led by Elon Musk. Among the agencies that Musk has attacked are those of the HHS, leaving the career officials and legislators concerned about the impact In public health. They cited him by saying, and pointed out that he added that he trusted “the idealism of most people who work in HHS.” Live for HHS employees, but numerous members of the press also found ways to access the live management.
Meanwhile, he New York TimesSheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett wrote Wednesday afternoon That “in a sign of how he plans to use his new authority, Mr. Kennedy also made it clear that he would promote the department, and the commission” make healthy America “established by President Trump who will lead, to prioritize the issues he worries because but said they were “previously taboo or insufficiently examined” by the main scientists. “
In addition, they cited “Dr. Paul Offit, an expert in vaccines at the Children He had preconceived notions. He mentioned: Genetics; .
“He is saying that all the scientists who have previously filed the validity of these causes have been in someone’s pocket, but not him, he will look behind the curtain, he will tell us what the real truth is,” he said Dr. Offit to Times Reporters
Regarding the planned policy changes, Anne Flaherty of ABC News on Wednesday afternoon cited Kennedy affirming during his speech that “we will summon the representatives of all points of view to study the causes of the drastic increase in chronic disease. Some of the possible factors we investigated were formally taboo or insufficiently examined.” And she wrote that “he gave a list of these ‘possible factors’ to investigate, including the children’s vaccine and” SSRI and other psychiatric drugs “, which refer to drugs approved by the federal government that help to deal with conditions as Depression and anxiety. Kennedy’s rhetoric could create more doubts and public distrust of these medications, “he added. And, she wrote: “Also in her list was electromagnetic radiation, herbicides and pesticides, ultra -processed foods, artificial foods, allergies, microplastics and durable chemicals used in the production of nonstick pans. Scientists are actively exploring the possible impacts on the health of environmental toxins, and some studies suggest that they could play a role in chronic diseases. “And, she wrote,” Kennedy’s will to visit the vaccine calendar Children seem to disagree with his testimony of the Senate in January in which he told skeptical legislators that he specifically supported federal recommendations. ” At that time, he said, he told the Senate to “support vaccines. Support vaccine schedule. Support good science. “
Flaherty quoted Kennedy as extending an olive branch to HHS employees, saying: “Let’s depoliticize these issues and restore common land for action, and we renew the search for existential truth without political impediments and without preconceptions. I promise to be willing to be wrong. “
