{"id":25769,"date":"2025-05-14T20:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-says-people-shouldnt-take-his-medical-advice-when-asked-about-vaccines-at-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:06:07","slug":"rfk-jr-says-people-shouldnt-take-his-medical-advice-when-asked-about-vaccines-at-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-says-people-shouldnt-take-his-medical-advice-when-asked-about-vaccines-at-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. says people shouldn&#8217;t take his medical advice when asked about vaccines at hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When asked hypothetically if he would vaccinate his children today for measles during a House hearing Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-howard-niosh-restored-ahead-of-rfk-jr-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said &#8220;probably,&#8221; but added he doesn&#8217;t think people should be taking medical advice from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant,&#8221; he said in response to the question from Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin during the House Appropriations Committee hearing. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to seem like I&#8217;m being evasive, but I don&#8217;t think people should be taking medical advice from me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed, he repeated he didn&#8217;t want to give advice to other people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But that&#8217;s kind of your jurisdiction, because CDC does give advice, right?&#8221; Pocan asked. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is under HHS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think what we&#8217;re going to try to do is to lay out the pros and cons, the risks and benefits, accurately as we understand them, with replicable studies,&#8221; Kennedy replied.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to answer whether he would vaccinate a child against chickenpox and polio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch-robert-f-kennedy-jr-gives-opening-statement-is-interrupted-by-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeared before a Senate panel<\/a> Wednesday in a separate hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s statements come as the United States deals with a concerning amount of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/measles-outbreak-2025-most-cases-since-2019\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">measles cases<\/a><\/span>. The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/measles-outbreak-us-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">majority of the infections<\/a><\/span> have been reported in an outbreak in West Texas that has led to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/measles-death-texas-outbreak\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the deaths<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/texas-measles-outbreak-second-child-death-unvaccinated\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two children<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The number of cases in Texas alone has grown to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/measles-outbreak-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">709<\/a>, while total cases nationwide have surpassed 1,000, with infections confirmed in at least 30 states. Almost all of those infected in the Texas outbreak were either unvaccinated or have unknown vaccination status, according to health officials. Both of the children who died were unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>After previously downplaying the growing number of cases and making several\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">false and misleading claims<\/a><\/span>\u00a0about the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, Kennedy\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-deadly-texas-outbreak\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">acknowledged the vaccine&#8217;s efficacy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in an\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rfk-jr-measles-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">exclusive interview with CBS News in April<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Kennedy publicly encouraged people to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rfk-jr-interview-takeaways-measles-food-dyes-weight-loss-drugs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">get the measles vaccine<\/a><\/span>, marking the first time he has done so since becoming HHS secretary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The federal government&#8217;s position, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine,&#8221; he said, but added, &#8220;The government should not be mandating those.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/rfk-kennedy-politifact-lie-of-year-2023-autism-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">long history<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/measles-vaccine-skeptics-truth\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">raising doubts<\/a><\/span>\u00a0about\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rfk-jr-vaccine-access-hhs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">vaccines<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 despite\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">decades of evidence<\/a><\/span>\u00a0showing they have saved millions of people from debilitating illness or death.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sara-moniuszko\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sara  Moniuszko<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. 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