U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a President Donald Trump appointee, is infamous for his strong disdain for modern healthcare. The Trump administration has disrupted health care since its arrival in office. Kennedy and his committee have set forth disgustingly ignorant vaccine policies. Immunizations are estimated to prevent 3.5-5 million deaths every year. There is no reason anyone should die from preventable, severe illnesses; Kennedy is attempting to destroy this well-regarded practice.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy overturned Kennedy’s vaccine plans. The federal judge ruled that Kennedy and his committee ignored the scientific process for developing vaccine policies, making arbitrary and capricious decisions.
“The government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions,” Murphy declared.
Kennedy ordered the cancellation of the universal recommendation for childhood vaccination against illnesses such as flu, rotavirus and hepatitis A and B — a standard practice that has prevented diseases for decades. This judge has stepped in to halt Kennedy’s ridiculous attempt to create havoc within healthcare and irreparably damage succeeding generations.
The Trump administration has cut billions in funding from the National Institution of Health, dismantling research that could develop life-saving cures. Erasing progress fuels new outbreaks and causes unnecessary pain for the American people. Science is not a hoax. Pretending it does not exist, like Kennedy and the Trump administration have done, is ridiculous and harmful. Thankfully, Murphy had the sense to shut Kennedy down.
Murphy also put a hold on committees, including the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, stating that Kennedy improperly replaced the committee, likely violating federal law. Kennedy fired and replaced all 17 members of the panel and replaced them with more donkey-brained anti-vaxxers.
Kennedy, known for his eagerness to disrespect dead animals, creates a queasy, unsettling feeling about his idea of the sacredness of life. His daughter recalled a family vacation where they spotted a dead whale on the shore. Kennedy decapitated it, tied it to the top of their car, then drove for five hours while “whale juice” poured into the car, causing a foul smell. Aside from being disgusting, disturbing and illegal, this incident leads as a warning to Kennedy lacking reverence for life. Disrespecting an animal and his family by tying a sawed off head to the top of their minivan is something no rational person could even conceive.
Kennedy’s unsafe practices and willy-nilly vaccine policies show how out of his depth he is. America already struggles with healthcare, being the only industrialized nation without universal health coverage. Americans do not need Kennedy coming in and wrecking an already flawed system. Kennedy lacks the respect for life and the common folk, qualities needed to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. He has no regard for health — or humanity.
