Democracy Matters :verified:<p>The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, groups with tremendous influence in Washington, are among the professional societies for physicians that have not directly weighed in on Kennedy’s nomination — even after last week’s confirmation hearings in which Kennedy refused to unequivocally disavow falsehoods connecting vaccines to autism.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MedicalCowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalCowards</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>