Kennedy accused of 'misleading' vaccine arguments by Republican senatorbr br Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick to run the top US health agency, argues on Jan. 30, 2025 that his views on vaccines were misrepresented in a charged Senate Health committee hearing, with the top Republican saying he had reservations about the nominee's 'misleading arguments Kennedy said that vaccines were linked to autism, and he opposed state and federal restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The causes of autism are unclear, though theories that childhood vaccines cause autism have been widely debunked and are contrary to scientific evidence.