WSJ Board: Kennedy Is “Dangerous To Public Health”

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board:

Most troubling is his long record of anti-vaccine advocacy. In the past he has claimed that the measles vaccine causes autism despite reams of studies that have found no causative link, and that the polio vaccine might have killed many more than the actual virus. Deadly infectious diseases disappeared because of better hygiene, not vaccines, he asserts.

He says he merely wants to ensure that vaccines are safe and thoroughly studied — who doesn’t? But his real aim is to open the industry to lawsuits by the trial bar.

The risk is high that Mr. Kennedy will use his power and pulpit at HHS to enrich his trial-lawyer friends at the expense of public health and medical innovation. Companies facing enormous legal expenses and potential damages might stop making vaccines, which is what happened in the 1980s

The full editorial is behind a paywall.

Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health

He’s made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers who have sued vaccine makers & he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry—@WSJ Editorial Board.https://t.co/7k1XWI6kdd

— Carolyn Barber, MD (@cbarbermd) January 27, 2025