RFK Jr. Headlines Sold-Out Anti-Vaccine Conference Featuring Andrew Wakefield
The event, organized by Children's Health Defense, a group founded by Kennedy, includes Wakefield, whose 1998 study linking vaccines to autism was retracted, according to Ars Technica.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to headline a sold-out conference hosted by Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy organization he founded, according to a report by Ars Technica.
The report said Andrew Wakefield is also appearing at the event. Wakefield is a former physician whose 1998 study claiming a link between vaccines and autism was later retracted by the medical journal that published it; he subsequently lost his license to practice medicine in the United Kingdom.
Ars Technica described Children's Health Defense as Kennedy's anti-vaccine group. The outlet did not specify additional details about the conference's location, date, or full agenda in the excerpt reviewed.
Kennedy has long been known as a prominent vaccine skeptic. Further details of the conference's proceedings were not immediately available beyond the report's characterization of the event as sold out.
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