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A consulting lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is criticizing a New York Times report this week that claimed he sought to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval for to the polio vaccine.
“Contrary to hysterical media reports that the petition was intended to make sure there were no polio vaccines, the scope of the petition was quite narrow,” said Aaron Siri, a close adviser to RFK Jr. and partner at Siri & Glimstad LLP, at Fox News. Digital. “He simply called on the FDA to require an adequate trial for the licensure of a new polio vaccine for children.”
The New York Times reported on Friday that Siri “is waging a war” against all vaccines, but Siri said the report “falsely claimed that the petition sought to remove” the polio vaccine, “as if there was only one, and that our client wanted to leave Americans without the option to get vaccinated against polio.”
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“The petition was actually intended to ensure the safety of one of the six existing licensed polio vaccines that we inject into our children three times before their first birthday,” he said.
The report came just days before RFK Jr capitol hill this week to meet with senators, seeking support for his HHS confirmation.
The petition, filed in 2022 on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and not as an individual action by Siri, urged the FDA to suspend the IPOL polio vaccine for infants and children. ICAN’s request stems from concerns that IPOL, licensed in 1990 by Sanofi, was approved based on pediatric trials that, according to the fdaevaluated safety for only three days after injection.
This is not the traditional polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk or Albert Sabin that many people are familiar with, Siri added. Instead, it’s a product that uses a different technology, where the polio virus is grown in monkey kidney cells that have been genetically altered to replicate indefinitely, similar to cancer cells. Traces of these cells are present in every dose of vaccine.
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Another petition filed on behalf of ICAN in 2021 addresses 13 childhood vaccines containing aluminum adjuvants. According to the petition, a peer-reviewed study found discrepancies between the aluminum levels in these vaccines and the amounts listed on FDA-approved labels. The petition asks the FDA to verify and publicly release documentation proving the accuracy of the aluminum content or halt distribution until it is resolved, an issue that critics say should not be controversial for injected products to babies
“Currently, political labeling (pro-vaccine, anti-vaccine) is inadequate to encompass the realities of medical ethics, regulatory capture, and the influence of corporate money on health policy,” Siri said. “We must be able to raise valid questions about vaccine safety, efficacy and policy without fear that any deviation from the ‘safe and effective’ mantra will be smeared with epithets and outrage.”
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In the days since the media reported on Siri’s request, both trumps and RFK Jr. they have said they support the polio vaccine, without specifying which one. RFK Jr. has expressed skepticism about some vaccines, while supporting the use of others, in interviews during his 2024 presidential campaign as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) slogan.
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“Mr. Kennedy believes that the polio vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly studied,” Katie Miller, Kennedy’s transition spokeswoman, said in response.
Trump, meanwhile, said “everything should be looked at,” adding that he’s “a big believer in the polio vaccine,” during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday morning.
Fox News Digital reached out to The New York Times for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
