Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Top State Lawmakers Met with National Anti-Vax Leader in 2019
Gov. Mike DeWine and legislative leaders in the Statehouse met in 2019 with Robert Kennedy Jr., a scion of the American political dynasty and a leading voice of anti-vaccination politics.
Kennedy, son of U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, came to the Statehouse to speak in support of legislation prohibiting employers from requiring vaccination from their employees.
For years, Kennedy has trumpeted debunked claims that vaccines cause autism and similar fear mongering around immunizations. He has also accused of Microsoft CEO Bill Gates of a vague plan to use vaccinations to starve the human population.
In June 2019, he gave a speech in the Statehouse atrium claiming vaccines harm children, despite overwhelming evidence of their safety. A 2014 CDC report estimated that 20 years of childhood vaccinations saved the lives of 732,000 children and averted 21 million childhood hospitalizations from infectious disease.
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