RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge
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美国司法部律师在法庭上表示，卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪在疫苗政策上拥有“不可审查”的广泛权力。这一表态源于美国儿科学会等多个医疗团体及三名匿名女性对肯尼迪提起的诉讼。诉讼指控肯尼迪单方面更改新冠疫苗政策、解雇疾控中心全部17名疫苗专家顾问并以反疫苗人士替代，以及大幅调整儿童疫苗接种计划，使美国推荐接种的疫苗总数从17种减至11种。原告方正寻求初步禁令，以阻止
A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such ample authority over the country's vaccine policies that he is "unreviewable." His unfettered powers even allow Kennedy the freedom to recommend, if he chose to do so, that people ditch vaccines and actively expose themselves to infectious diseases, the lawyer argued, according to Reuters.
The comments came amid a lawsuit filed against Kennedy by the American Academy of Pediatrics, several other medical groups, and three anonymous women. The suit challenges a number of Kennedy's actions on vaccine policy since he took office, including his unilateral changes to COVID-19 vaccine policies, his firing of all 17 expert vaccine advisors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—whom Kennedy replaced with hand-picked anti-vaccine allies—and his decision to dramatically overhaul the CDC's childhood vaccine schedule to match that of the small country of Denmark, dropping the total number of recommended vaccinations from 17 to 11 and making the US an outlier among high-income countries.
The groups are seeking a preliminary injunction to block the vaccine policy changes and bar the new advisors from meeting. Their next meeting is scheduled for March 18–19.
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