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Mary Bruce Serene
State College
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to find the cause of autism by September 2025. To lead this ambitious endeavor, Kennedy hired David Geier, who has no medical license or scientific training. Unfortunately for the American public, Mr. Geier has a track record of harming children and manipulating data.
David's father, Dr. Mark Geier, claimed that injections of Lupron, a testosterone-suppressant approved for prostate cancer and ovarian fibroids, was a "miracle drug" for children with autism. The Cleveland Clinic decried the quack treatment as "medical castration," as it halts or delays puberty in females.
With no medical credentials, and relying on "junk science," David Geier administered the Lupron injections. He was fined by the Maryland State Board of Physicians for practicing medicine without a license--and his father's medical license was revoked.
Kennedy, who also has no medical credentials, selected David Geier, known for peddling a long-debunked theory that vaccines are linked to autism, to oversee the health of more than 70 million American children. Every Republican Senator except Mitch McConnell supported Trump's appointment of Kennedy. No Democrats or Independents voted for him. But, of course, the Republican majority ruled.
These are just two of the many incredibly disturbing appointments and hires under Trump's tenure--and of the astoundingly disturbing instances of Republican Senators and House members tacitly or explicitly supporting the craziness.
America deserves leaders who inspire trust. Congress must stop supporting unqualified appointees or be voted out of office in 2026!