RFK: Anti-Vax Lies Had Nothing Do With CDC Shooting

The Huffington Post reports:

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to blame vaccine misinformation for the recent shooting at the CDC in Atlanta, rejecting criticism about the role he’s played in sowing distrust in the life-saving shots. Law enforcement officials have made clear that the man attacked the CDC over his misgivings with the COVID vaccine, citing, in part, documents they recovered from his home in which he expressed those views.

But in an interview with Scripps News first released Monday, Kennedy refused to blame misinformation as one of the driving forces behind Friday’s horrific shooting, even as some CDC staffers have expressed concerns about his past misleading statements about vaccines. “We don’t know enough about what the motive was of this individual, but people can ask questions without being penalized,” Kennedy said.

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