Trump’s choice of RFK Jr could lead to increase in US measles cases, Irish expert warns
Measles could become more prevalent in the US following the decision by president-elect Donald Trump to appoint vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as secretary of health, according to Professor Luke O’Neill.
Prof O’Neill has recently returned to Ireland after attending conferences in the US. The Irish biochemist and immunologist said there is “consternation” in certain circles in the US over the appointment of Mr Kennedy, who is yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
In a recent interview with National Public Radio in the US, Mr Kennedy said Mr Trump had given him three instructions: to remove “corruption” from health agencies, to return these bodies to “evidence-based science and medicine,” and “to end the chronic disease epidemic.”
The 70-year-old has been a prominent vaccine sceptic, although he has stressed that he has “never been anti-vaccine.”
Prof O’Neill expressed concern about the appointment of Mr Kennedy. He told the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk…
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