During his time in Congress and in the years since he left office in 2009, Weldon has raised questions about the safety of vaccines and their potential links to autism
He introduced legislation to remove the vaccine safety office from the CDC and led the charge to ban the preservative thimerosal from vaccines over autism concerns.
Weldon has for decades maintained a friendship with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., another longtime vaccine skeptic, and is closely aligned with his views.
This is probably intentional to bring national attention to this issue. With all eyes on, the real facts about vaccines and vaccine safety can be presented for the public to absorb.
Personally, I consider myself to be a vaccine skeptic. I’m not full blown anti-vax — I can definitely see where certain vaccines can be helpful — but I’m also skeptical of the safety of certain vaccines and of the vaccine schedule they push on infants and children. I wish there was more room in our political climate for people with moderate opinions. Everybody should be skeptical of just about everything- it is important to ask questions and raise concerns.
Any good reason we can't simply override Congress on this? Trump has virtually unlimited legal and spiritual powers by now
This is probably intentional to bring national attention to this issue. With all eyes on, the real facts about vaccines and vaccine safety can be presented for the public to absorb.
All the more reason to overrule Congress TBH
Hmm he COULD become a recess appointment if there's a government shut-down.
Hopefully there'll be a permanent shutdown by the end of the year
Could be, hope you're right! 🤞
Cassidy and Collins are at it again
Why haven't we closed CDC yet?
Personally, I consider myself to be a vaccine skeptic. I’m not full blown anti-vax — I can definitely see where certain vaccines can be helpful — but I’m also skeptical of the safety of certain vaccines and of the vaccine schedule they push on infants and children. I wish there was more room in our political climate for people with moderate opinions. Everybody should be skeptical of just about everything- it is important to ask questions and raise concerns.