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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

Written by Jake Scott, Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University

Public health experts worry that factually inaccurate statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threaten the public's confidence in vaccines.Andrew HarnikGetty Images

In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast...

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

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