“We must protect science.” 77 Nobel Prize winners (in medicine, chemistry, economics and physics) signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, as desired by Donald Trump . A historic position that one of the editors of this letter, Richard Roberts, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1993, explained to the “New York Times” by “the threat” that the nomination of RFKJ would represent for the science.
Richard Roberts recalls that President Kennedy's nephew is “a staunch critic of traditional medicine, who has been hostile to the scientists and agencies he would supervise.” He denounces in particular “his opposition to well-established public health tools, such as vaccines and the fluoridation of drinking water”, which constitutes “a risk for the well-being of the country”. “These political attacks on science are very damaging,” he insisted. “We must stand up and protect science. »
In their letter, the Nobel Prize winners are also concerned about the real abilities of RJKF to occupy such a position and criticize: “Placing Mr. Kennedy at the head of the ministry would endanger public health and undermine the world leadership of the America in the health sciences. »
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A short-lived candidate in the American presidential election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was before that mainly…
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