President-elect Donald Trump appeared to temper Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing controversial views on vaccines Monday, as Kennedy begins meetings with senators ahead of the Senate confirmation process for his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaking during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump defended the polio vaccine, but he didn’t go so far as to support vaccine mandates in schools.
“I’m a big believer in it, and I think everything should be looked at, but I’m a big believer in the polio vaccine,” he said.
His comments come after The New York Times reported last week that Kennedy’s lawyer had previously petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. Polio is a viral disease that can cause paralysis and death in young children.
The first polio vaccine was developed in 1955. The worst U.S. outbreak of the disease occurred in 1952 and resulted in more than 3,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. […]
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