=====

RFK Jr. rebuts pro-vaccine points of family physician Dr. Tariq Butt in televised town hall meeting
by Ramon Tomey

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has dismantled the pro-vaccine points a family doctor brought up during a televised town hall meeting.

The presidential hopeful appeared in a June 28 meeting hosted by NewsNation and moderated by journalist Elizabeth Vargas of A&E Networks. Family physician Dr. Tariq Butt, who was in the audience, threw a question at RFK Jr. – zooming in on the candidate's opposition to vaccines.

Butt falsely claimed that "eradication of chicken pox and polio in the U.S. and in many parts of the world is a result of regular vaccination." Moreover, he also claimed that there is "little evidence" of the two diseases – alongside measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) – in the vaccinated population.

"Your vaccine stance is dangerous to the health and well-being of millions. Medical experts are deeply concerned about your message. How can we help you come to the side of science?

RFK Jr. responded by saying there is evidence that vaccines have reduced the risk of mortality and morbidity from the diseases they seek to address. But he continued that without long-term prospective studies around all-cause mortality or morbidity in vaccinated populations, nobody can claim there is an overall benefit in inoculation programs.

Anesthesiologist Dr. Madhava Setty, the senior science editor of the Children's Health Defense (CHD) newsletter The Defender, put in his thoughts on the exchange between RFK Jr. and Butt in a June 29 piece.

"Kennedy's answer to the question dismantles the issue to the very core, catching Butt off guard. His methodical response should have proven to the audience that the family medicine doctor has very little grasp of all the available evidence," he wrote.

Continues:

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-03-rfk-jr-rebuts-pro-vax-points-doctor.html

*************************************************************