During today's Senate confirmation hearing for the next HHS director, Sen. Elizabeth Warren raked anti-vax nut RFK Jr over the coals over his vaccine conspiracies and many lawsuits.
Warren tried to force him to refuse to be involved with any vaccine lawsuits, crackpot or otherwise if he was confirmed.
He refused to do so.
The roadkill entrepreneur was bulldozed by the concise Senator from MA.
WARREN: Let's do a quick count here of how, as Secretary of HHS, if you get confirmed, you can influence every one of those lawsuits.
Well, let me start the list.
You can publish your anti-vaccine conspiracies, but this time on U.S. government letterheads, something a jury might be impressed by.
You can appoint people to the D.C. vaccine panel who share your anti-vax views and let them do your dirty work.
You could tell the CDC vaccine panel to remove a particular vaccine from the vaccine schedule.
You could remove vaccines from special compensation programs, which would open up manufacturers to mass torts.
You could make more injuries eligible for compensation, even if there is no causal evidence.
You could change vaccine court processes to make it easier to bring junk lawsuits.
You could turn over FDA data to your friends at the law firm, and they could use it however it benefited them.
You could change vaccine labeling.
You could change vaccine information rules.
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