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By Whet Moser
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a defiant defense of his vaccine policy today during a fiery Senate hearing, responding at times with clear disdain for the senators, public health data and the Centers for Disease Control. Here are five takeaways.
The hearing before the Senate Finance Committee suggested that Kennedy is on uncertain ground even with some Republicans. Several, including two doctors — Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Barrasso of Wyoming — were particularly tough in their questioning, especially when it came to Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism.
Cassidy, who voted to confirm Kennedy on the condition that he wouldn’t disrupt access, said at the hearing: “Effectively, we’re denying people vaccine.”
