Former Trump WH COVID doc 'excited' for questions at RFK confirmation hearing

The erstwhile White House coronavirus effect coordinator connected Sunday said she is looking guardant to the Senate confirmation proceeding of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Trump tapped for his caput of Health and Human Services, arsenic a unsocial accidental to person a transparent treatment connected the wellness of Americans.

Dr. Deborah Birx, who served successful Trump's archetypal administration, appeared connected CBS’ "Face the Nation," wherever she was asked astatine magnitude astir Kennedy perchance starring the agency. and his views connected wellness issues such arsenic vaccines.

"That's wherefore erstwhile helium talks astir transparency, I'm really excited that successful a Senate proceeding helium would bring guardant his information and the questions that travel from the senators would bring distant their data," Birx said of Kennedy. "What I cognize for definite is he's a precise astute antheral who tin bring his information and his grounds basal forward." 

When Birx was asked astir Kennedy’s past arguable comments connected vaccines, she said helium has raised concerns astir issues that "many Americans judge already is simply a problem."

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Dr. Deborah L. Birx served arsenic the White House coronavirus effect coordinator nether Trump from 2020 to 2021. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, File)

"Every ma is seeing a schoolroom of kindergartners wherever 1 of the children has autism," she said. "That's scary to moms and dads. They privation to cognize why. So it's not bully capable for america to conscionable accidental vaccines don't origin autism. It's america uncovering what is the origin of autism."

Birx, who served nether Trump from 2020 to 2021, said a Senate confirmation hearing would beryllium a large forum to spot information from some sides of the argument.

Trump tapped Kennedy to service arsenic the caput of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"That proceeding would beryllium a mode for Americans to truly spot the information that you're talking astir that we can't spot that causation close now, but what is causing it?" Birx said, adding that addressing the origin of autism successful children volition beryllium "critical."

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Birx said the White House’s messaging surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine did not assistance matters.

"I deliberation what has confused radical is we weren't wide astir what COVID vaccines bash and don't," she said. "And truthful present radical are questioning, well, what are my puerility vaccines bash and don't. And they don't recognize that immoderate of the vaccines that their children are getting support them from some illness and make herd immunity. And immoderate of them that they get are conscionable for their child, similar H Flu and pneumovax to forestall their kid from getting precise superior illness."

"And we're conscionable not explaining each of this correctly," she added of vaccines and what they do.

As for Kennedy’s imaginable appointment, Birx said there’s 1 important happening Kennedy tin bash to assistance him execute success.

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"I deliberation the astir important happening is what squad helium would bring with them, due to the fact that you're talking astir truly a ample headdress corp with a highly divers group, which you person to truly bring unneurotic and, frankly, destruct immoderate of the duplications betwixt these agencies to truly go much cost-effective."