Senator Marshall: Trump Chose RFK Jr. to be a Disruptor to the CDC
Senator Marshall Joins Face the Nation to Discuss the Aftermath of RFK Jr. Hearing
Washington – On Sunday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Margaret Brennan on CBS’s Face the Nation to recap the Senate Finance Committee hearing with Secretary Kennedy, applauding his efforts to implement transparency at the CDC and Democrats’ one-size-fits-all vaccine agenda.
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On Secretary Kennedy’s role in transforming the CDC:
“Look, President Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be a disruptor to the CDC, and that’s exactly what he’s doing. He’s focused on making the CDC more transparent to make it more trustworthy. Right now, Americans don’t trust the CDC, so he is literally turning that place upside down. I respect what my colleagues are saying, but I think this whole issue today, or in that meeting, was about vaccines. In my humble opinion, not every person needs every vaccine, and I don’t think there are many children out there that need 76 jabs by the time they’re old enough to vote. But before you label me a non-vax person, look, I’ve raised money for polio vaccinations. The MMR is a great vaccine; it saved thousands of lives. Vaccines overall have saved hundreds of millions of lives, but not every person needs every vaccine, and we just want to empower parents and doctors to make great decisions.”
On the heated environment surrounding the CDC and the recent shooting:
“Well, look, of course, I condemn that shooting, but the lack of confidence in the CDC goes back to what the CDC did during COVID. They misguided us, maybe lied to us, even about the origins of COVID and how to treat it as well. In the vaccine, they overpromised what the vaccine could do as well. So that’s where the distrust is, and now Bobby Kennedy is in there trying to clean up that distrust and trying to give American parents and grandparents and the doctors the right information, transparent information, to make good decisions.”
“I disagree with you. I think it’s such a different time today than it was five years ago. Five years ago, we had a novel virus. None of us had any immunity to it as a strange virus made in a lab in Wuhan, China. But today, on average, Americans have had COVID five times. We now have natural immunity to it, and not everybody needs the vaccine. So, both things can be true, and that’s why, when you have people who don’t understand science, that don’t understand medicine, why they don’t get it? It was a different day then than it is today.”
“Look, I disagree. Respectfully disagree. Think about this; what the CDC is now saying is, if you’re over the age of 65, you can have the vaccine. Interestingly, the UK and France have set 75 and 80 as the ages. So, all you need to do is email or call your doctor’s nurse and get a prescription, and you should be able to get it. If you’re over the age of six months, it’s probably a good idea to talk to your doctor, and all your nurse has to do is look at the chart and say, Oh, little Johnny’s got asthma, definitely needs the vaccination as well. So, I think we’re making this way too complicated. Why does everybody lose their minds when it comes to COVID vaccine? Why can’t we let the doctor and the parents decide, let the patients decide? There’s so many more important things out there. We should be talking about chronic diseases, 20% of our adolescents have obesity, mental health problems in vaccine and are under prescription drugs. There’s so many more things to talk about than just COVID vaccines.”
On the excess of vaccines recommended by the CDC:
“I delivered a baby every day for 25 years, we did a hepatitis test on every one of my patients at the time of delivery. If that mom has a negative hepatitis test, she’s in a stable, monogamous relationship, she’s not doing IV drugs, she’s not letting her baby on a play in a sandbox full of used needles, then there’s zero chance that that baby’s going to have hepatitis now, there’s other moms that or other babies that do need it. Okay, we need to be more specific. We can’t be overly prescriptive. If that mom has not had prenatal care, if she’s an IV drug abuser, if she’s not in a stable relationship, a whole lot of reasons, but we need to pick and choose. Not every baby needs a hepatitis vaccine, and especially on day number one, what are these vaccines doing to mess with the immune system of that particular baby as well? So that’s my concern. Not every baby needs [the] hepatitis B vaccine.”
On Democrats one-size-fits-all vaccine agenda:
“This is the big difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats want a one-size-fits-all prescription for everybody, and I’m telling you, not everybody reads the book does exactly like that. I have confidence in doctors and nurses and parents and grandparents to make these decisions. I don’t think that we should have one government policy that dictates every one of these vaccines. I think local policy, local schools, if they want to have requirements, what Florida did was a bridge too far. But how about just a little common sense? Just a little common sense would go a long way here.”
On Secretary Kennedy’s report linking Tylenol and pregnant mothers:
“Look, Tylenol is a Category B drug. I’ve given it to lots of patients. It’s on the approved list. But that being said, I try to tell my patients, not my pregnant women, not to take anything, because we don’t know what we don’t know. I’m very cautious. Why did 20% of our children have some type of mental health illness right now? Why do we have so many peanut allergies? Why do we have so many people with autoimmune diseases? So, we don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know. And I want gold standard studies to help us figure this out and sort it out. But as far as I know, Tylenol is okay in pregnancy.”
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