Former President Trump mentioned he would “make a decision” relating to banning sure vaccines if he wins the White Home on Tuesday and former unbiased presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is part of his administration.
In an interview with NBC’s Dasha Burns on Sunday, Trump did not rule out the potential for banning a vaccine, although he additionally supplied no specifics in discussing Kennedy’s potential position on well being coverage issues in his administration.
Kennedy, a outstanding skeptic of vaccines, has prompt previously that some vaccines may very well be taken off the market.
“Well, I’m going to talk to him and talk to other people, and I’ll make a decision, but he’s a very talented guy and has strong views,” Trump mentioned when requested whether or not banning sure vaccines may very well be a chance underneath his administration.
Kenndy is the founding father of an anti-vaccine group Youngsters’s Well being Protection and has argued that the 13 separate companies underneath HHS, together with the CDC, the Meals and Drug Administration and the Nationwide Institutes of Well being, are in determined want of reform.
Kennedy endorsed Trump in August after operating as an unbiased candidate.
In a Saturday publish on X, Kennedy wrote that if Trump wins the election, the primary day in workplace his administration would “advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water.”
He prompt that flouride is an industrial waste and that it might trigger numerous well being issues, despite the fact that main public well being pursuits again flourinated water as stopping cavities and tooth decay.
“Drinking fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities,” the CDC mentioned in a press release to NBC Information.
“Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease,” Kennedy wrote in his publish on X.
Trump advised Burns that the 2 haven’t mentioned the difficulty of flouride in public water but.
“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me. You know, it’s possible,” Trump mentioned of Kennedy’s plan.
