Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his false claims about the MMR vaccine — which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella.
On Wednesday, April 30, the secretary of health and human services (HSS) made a television appearance and incorrectly asserted that the vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris.”
The comment was made while discussing the ongoing measles outbreak, which has reached 935 cases, spread to 30 states and resulted in three deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“There are populations in our country like the Mennonites in Texas who are most afflicted, and they have religious objections to the vaccination because the MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles. So they don't want to take it," Kennedy told Chris Cuomo during a NewsNation town hall. "So we ought to be able to take care of those populations when they get sick and that's one of the things that the CDC has not done."
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