GoKawiilRFK Jr. to keynote Children's Health Defense conference with Andrew Wakefield
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to give a keynote speech at a sold-out Washington, DC conference hosted by Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group he formerly led. He'll share the stage with Andrew Wakefield, the discredited researcher who lost his medical license after publishing a fraudulent study falsely linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
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Kennedy's appearance underscores how a sitting federal health official continues to associate with figures whose debunked claims have fueled vaccine hesitancy and disease outbreaks. His platforming of Wakefield lends institutional credibility to discredited science at a time when he oversees national public health policy, raising concerns among medical experts about the erosion of trust in vaccination programs.
- RFK Jr. will keynote a CHD conference alongside Andrew Wakefield, whose fraudulent autism-vaccine study cost him his medical license.
- CHD, which Kennedy previously led, promotes the debunked vaccine-autism link and is marketing both men as champions of 'parental choice.'
- The event highlights ongoing tension between Kennedy's role as US Health Secretary and his history of anti-vaccine advocacy.
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-09-14
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