Lawmakers Are Getting vexed Over Prospect Of Anti-Vaxxer RFK, Jr. Canclimg Vaccines Like Polio

Backlash Swella  Over Vaccine Skeptic RFK  Headi g Health Department.  People Fear  He Will Cancel Life-Saving Treatments

(TSN): Lawmakers are vexed over the policy-changing potential  of   president elect Trump's nomination for the Department of Health and Human Services-- anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.   Concerns about the return of illnesses that have been controlled by safe vaccines for years  like measles and mumps are growing.

James Hodge Public health law expert at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, says, "He'll make America suck again " And with Kennedy taking charge of the  health department the U.S. will "experience a seminal change in vaccine law and policy."

There has been bi-partisan backlash after a New York Times article claimed  Kennedy will bar use of the life-saving Polio vaccine. 

A spokesperson  said he beleives it should can still be used but shoukd be studied further, casting doubts about its efficacy.

Senate Minority Mitch McConnell whi

O had Pollio as a child all but directly opposed RFK Jr 's confirmation saying in a statement 

:   “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous. Anyone seeking the Senate’s consent to serve in the incoming Administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts.”