Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ally has filed a petition to end the use of polio vaccines

A lawyer with ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, filed a petition on behalf of an activist group asking the Food and Drug Administration to suspend approval of polio disease or to withdraw vaccination for children.

Attorney Aaron Siri filed the petition on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network, a group that questions the safety of vaccines.

The petition criticizes the clinical trials used to license the polio vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur and argues that it should not be administered until another trial is conducted.

According to media reports, Siri is an adviser to Kennedy who helped him select health officials for the Trump administration. Siri posted a picture with Kennedy to his X-Feed on November 14th. When Trump announced Kennedy as his pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Siri shared the announcement on X and wrote, “A new day for transparency, accountability and truth is upon us!”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes polio as “once one of the most feared diseases in the United States” but notes that “thanks to the polio vaccine, wild poliovirus has been eliminated in this country.” Polio can cause severe paralysis, disability and death, the CDC notes.

On his law firm’s website, Siri lists “vaccine injury” litigation as one of his areas of expertise. He did not immediately respond to a message left at his company.

Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic, and his choice to head HHS has raised concerns among some doctors and health experts who say his views contradict scientific evidence. Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who led the agency during Trump’s first term as president, recently told CNBC that if “RFK carries out his intentions, and I believe he will and I believe that If he can, it will cost lives in this country.”

When asked about Kennedy’s views on vaccines in an interview published this week by Time magazine, Trump himself expressed skepticism about vaccines, even though health officials confirmed their safety.

Asked whether he would support Kennedy if he wanted to end the child vaccination effort, Trump replied: “We’re going to have a big discussion. Autism rates are at levels no one ever thought possible. When you look at things that happen, there is something that causes it.

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Asked if he believes there is a link between vaccines and autism, Trump said: “I want to see the numbers. It will be the numbers.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says many studies have examined whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, and “to date, studies continue to show that vaccinations are not associated with autism.”

Trump said he might scrap some vaccinations “if I think they’re dangerous, if I think they don’t provide any benefit, but I don’t think it will end up being very controversial.”

Responding to an NBC report, Siri denied that the claim that there is a link between vaccinations and autism has been “debunked.”

“The answer is clearly ‘No!'” he wrote on X.

Siri also reached out to X to push back against coverage of the petition filed to withdraw the polio vaccine. Siri criticized the New York Times, which first reported on the petition, saying the story “begins (and ends) with and plays on the defense of a particular polio vaccine, IPOL, which is not the old polio vaccine.” Fear to distract from the clear.” Vulnerabilities in the licensing of this particular product.

Trump said in a Sunday interview with “Meet the Press” that he supports the polio vaccine.

“The polio vaccine is the best,” he said.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday about Siri’s efforts to withdraw the polio vaccine.

Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, released a statement Friday in support of the vaccine.

“The polio vaccine saved millions of lives and delivered on the promise of eradicating a terrible disease,” McConnell wrote. “Efforts to undermine public trust in proven remedies are not just uninformed – they are dangerous.” Anyone seeking Senate approval to serve in the new administration would do well to maintain even the semblance of a connection to avoid such efforts.”

Eduardo Cuevas and Joey Garrison contributed

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ally has filed a petition to end the use of polio vaccines

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