Another in an ongoing series:
Dear Senator McCormick;
I'd like to ask you about some recent events. Notably, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hearing before a Senate Committee last week.
The AP fact-checked some of his statements. Here's one:
KENNEDY, on how many Americans have died from COVID-19: “I don’t think anybody knows that, because there was so much data chaos coming out of the CDC and there were so many perverse incentives.”
THE FACTS: This data is easily accessible. Approximately 1.2 million Americans have died from the virus, according to both the CDC, and the WHO.
PBS also did some fact-checking and found this:
[Sen. Bill] Cassidy asked Kennedy if he agreed that President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed, Trump’s 2020 initiative that resulted in the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Absolutely,” Kennedy said.
Cassidy said Kennedy’s support surprised him, because of Kennedy’s COVID-19 vaccine criticisms and actions. Kennedy canceled funding for mRNA vaccine research, the science that led to the rapid development of the vaccine.
PBS also pointed out:
In 2021, Kennedy falsely said the COVID-19 vaccine was the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”
Kennedy has also claimed (again, this is simply false) a link between vaccines and autism.
So let me ask you, Senator, do you think that the COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives or was it the deadliest vaccine ever made"?
Are you vaccinated against COVID-19, Senator? If so, why? And if not, why not?
What are your thoughts on vaccines in general?
I'll await your answer, Senator.
As always, whatever answer I get, I'll post it here.
