Robert F. Kennedy Jr Tells Anti-Vax Rally in Times Square that Covid Vaccine “Is Not Safe and Effective”

Edited by: TJVNews.com

As orders to implement strict Covid vaccine mandates continue to take hold in every part of the United States, those who oppose such government intervention into their private lives are now pushing back.

In Times Square on Saturday, a rally of close to 1000 people took place to protest the Covid-19 vaccine and orders that every person take it.

Challenging the efficacy of the vaccine was Robert F Kennedy Jr, the chairman of the board of the Children’s Health Defense. He told the rally participants that the vaccine “is not safe and effective. He claimed that, “We have no business giving this to little children. It is unethical, it is medical malpractice.”

The New York Post reported that YouTube recently yanked the Children Health Defense’s channel, saying it was cracking down on content with false claims about vaccines. Instagram previously pulled Kennedy’s account.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying its decision on authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents to check if the shot could increase the risk of heart inflammation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The FDA has been looking into the risk of myocarditis among younger men vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine, after certain Nordic countries limited use of the vaccine, said the report.

Earlier this month, Finland, Sweden and Denmark paused the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 shot for younger males due to reports of myocarditis in men. Denmark later clarified that the Moderna vaccine is indeed available to adolescents.

The New York Post reported that some Times Square rally participants wore T-shirts or carried signs that read “My Body, My Choice,” “Freedom Over Fear” and “De Blasio is the Virus.”

A truck with an electronic billboard displayed dubious messages such as, “COVID-19 vaccines can cause injury and death.”

Speaking to the New York Post, rally participant Brett Copp, 56, a city worker from Staten Island said, “This means standing up for our freedom and indivisible rights, to come together as a group and let each other know we are not alone.”

This past Wednesday night, NBA Start, Kyrie Irving, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets,  explained his decision to not receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Instagram Live. “This is about my life and what I am choosing to do,” he said, adding that he is neither pro-vaccine nor anti-vaccine and that he fully understands the ramifications of his decision.

He said that “it is reality that in order to be in New York City, in order to be on a team, I have to be vaccinated. I chose to be unvaccinated, and that was my choice, and I would ask you all to just respect that choice.

“I am going to just continue to stay in shape, be ready to play, be ready to rock out with my teammates and just be part of this whole thing. This is not a political thing; this is not about the NBA, not about any organization. This is about my life and what I am choosing to do.”

Irving spoke out on social media one day after the Nets decided to not allow their starting point guard to practice or play with them at all until he complies with New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

At Saturday’s rally, the crowd at one point chanted  “I stand with Kyrie Irving,” as was reported by the Post.