RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former head of the anti-vaccine organization Children's Health Defense, will speak at an upcoming anti-vaccine conference in Washington, DC. The conference, organized by CHD, will feature other prominent anti-vaccine figures, including Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield, a former doctor whose medical license was revoked, is infamous for a fraudulent study linking the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.
This study was later found to be a result of Wakefield's unethical treatment of children and professional misconduct, but his damaging claim persists. Despite being shunned by the medical community, Wakefield remains a key figure in the anti-vaccine movement, with Kennedy and the anti-vaccine organization further promoting Wakefield's false assertion that vaccines cause autism.
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