- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti- vaccine stance reportedly led officials to shelve a U.S. bird flu vaccination response plan.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins worried that an internal strategy to vaccinate poultry would clash with Kennedy's vaccine-skeptical views.
- Kennedy suggested letting the H5N1 virus run through bird flocks to develop natural immunity, a proposal veterinary experts warned could spark dangerous mutations.
- The finalized vaccination strategy was restricted to fewer than a dozen internal officials rather than shared internationally to curb global outbreaks.
- Kennedy also reportedly attempted to divert $5 billion from the National Institutes of Health to study debunked links between vaccines and autism .
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RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine views influenced decision to shelve U.S. bird flu response plan, sources say
