RFK Jr. Joins the Anti-Vaccine Fringe

There are lots of places to go if you want dangerous crazytalk. There are websites, blog threads, cable channels trafficking in all kinds of addled nonsense about birther conspiracies and one-world governments. And then there was Robert Kennedy, Jr., the tireless, honest climate hero long famous for fighting the very good fight. MoreSpacing Out Kids’ Vaccines Can Hurt Their Health, Experts SayChildhood Vaccines Are Safe, Says Pediatrics GroupOverruled: Russia Caves to World on Jet Crash Investigation NBC NewsAppeals Judge Says Guillotine 'Probably Best' for Executions NBC NewsNetanyahu on Gaza: 'Man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do' NBC NewsBut that was then. RFK, Jr. may still know a thing or two about global warming, but he has taken a disreputable plunge into the world of anti-science with his new and inexplicable crusade: warning people about the dangers of vaccines. Popular Among Subscribers Ending the War on Fat Subscribe The End of IraqHow Many People Watched Orange Is the New Black? No One KnowsLet’s be clear: Kennedy will tell you he’s not against vaccines themselves, but rather, against thimerosal, a vaccine preservative purportedly responsible for the rise in autism in the U.S. He’s even publishing a new book—Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak—making this frightening point. The problem is: he’s wrong—utterly wrong, so wrong it’s hard even to know what the biggest piece of that wron...
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