Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition crew, stated in a Wednesday interview that former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s backing former President Trump, is searching for the federal information to show vaccines needs to be stored off the market.
Lutnick added, nonetheless, that Kennedy is not going to get — nor does he need — the job of secretary of Well being and Human Providers (HHS).
“He’s not getting a job for HHS,” Lutnick instructed CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, pushing again in opposition to the declare that Trump had promised Kennedy the job.
“He wants the data, so he can say, ‘These things are unsafe.’ He says, ‘If you give me the data, all I want is the data, and I’ll take on the data and show that it’s not safe. And then if you pull the product liability, the companies will yank these vaccines right off, off of the market.’”
“So, that’s his point. He’s not trying to do anything, but things that made sense,” Lutnick added.
He stated he just lately spent two-and-a-half hours with Kennedy, who defined to him a number of theories associated to vaccines that Lutnick stated made sense to him.
Lutnick repeated a number of unsubstantiated claims within the interview with Collins, together with that the federal government is withholding information about vaccines, that vaccines are linked to an increase in autism diagnoses and that scientists had been paid to say that Kennedy is mendacity about vaccines.
Autism diagnoses have elevated steadily within the final couple of a long time, a pattern many scientists attribute to a change in environmental elements, a broadening of standards for the prognosis and a wider consciousness concerning the illness. Scientists additionally say that having an older father can improve one’s probability of autism.
Kennedy has beforehand stated that Trump has promised him “control” of HHS and the associated well being businesses, resulting in concern amongst some scientists concerning the penalties on vaccine entry and analysis availability if Trump returns to the White Home.
—Up to date at 10:23 p.m.
