Nobel laureates rarely intervene in politics en masse, but on Monday, dozens of prestigious Nobel laureates banded together to speak out against President-elect Donald Trump’s policies. called on the United States. Senators rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
More than 75 Nobel laureates have signed a letter warning lawmakers that President Kennedy has a history of attacking the very agency he would hold power over if confirmed as President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, and that the public He warned of a history of amplifying discredited conspiracy theories about hygiene, sometimes with deadly consequences. — and his “lack of qualifications or relevant experience in medicine, science, public health, or public administration.”
“Given Mr. Kennedy’s background, placing him in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health at risk and undermine America’s global leadership in health sciences in both the public and commercial sectors. “,” the Nobel laureates wrote.
President Kennedy alarmed dental experts with his proposal to remove cavity-preventing fluoride from public drinking water, but President Trump said the plan “seems OK.” The president-elect said Sunday he would have President Kennedy investigate the conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism. The conspiracy theory was advanced in a 1998 paper, later retracted, and debunked by a number of international studies.
The environmental lawyer, whose views and political ambitions have been disavowed by other members of the prominent Kennedy family, wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister of Samoa in 2019 that the measles vaccine itself caused the measles outbreak. He has also been accused of making false claims that it was possible. Sixteen people died there. By the time the outbreak was over, 80 people had died, which experts blamed, in part, on “increased circulation of misinformation leading to mistrust and reduced vaccination uptake.”
“Maybe some people will read this and think, ‘We really want to protect the health of our people. They didn’t elect us to kill our people.'” Republicans said Richard Roberts. – the author of Monday’s letter and winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the splitting gene, told the New York Times.
Kennedy’s other beliefs include denying the established scientific fact that the HIV virus causes AIDS, and denying that unpasteurized raw milk “promotes human health” and that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) This includes allegations that the information was intentionally withheld.
Food scientists say there is no documented evidence that raw milk has the health benefits claimed by advocates like President Kennedy, but unpasteurized milk is free from bacteria and viruses. There is sufficient evidence that they contain influenza, including H5N1, the avian influenza that was detected in dairy herds. At least 15 states.
The Nobel laureates said President Kennedy was also a “belligerent critic” of officials at the FDA, other health agencies, and DHHS, calling for the jailing of vaccine scientists, and calling for the jailing of FDA and National Institutes of Health officials. He pointed out that he was threatening to have him fired.
The letter, signed by Nobel laureates including economist Simon Johnson and vaccine scientists Drew Wiseman and Victor Ambrose, states: “DHHS leadership is committed to protecting these important and highly regarded institutions and their employees. We need to continue to nurture and improve, not threaten.” and Gary Lubukun, who won the Physiology or Medicine Prize for his discovery of microRNAs.
Dozens of Nobel laureates also signed a letter in October endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, saying that President Trump’s economic policies have led to “higher prices, higher deficits, and greater inequality. “We’ll be connected,” he warned.
