logo
welcome
USA Today

USA Today

I'm a polio survivor. Kennedy's vaccine stance means he can't be in charge of health. | Opinion

USA Today
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors.

He says Robert Kennedy Jr. is being advised in choosing health care officials by his attorney.

Cohen : Kennedy 's vaccine stance means he can't be in charge of health of our nation.

Cohen says leaving children unvaccinated for polio will also be an unnecessary experiment.

VR Score

70

Informative language

64

Neutral language

59

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

19

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/04/10/usa-today-opinion-columnists-editors/73279632007https://pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/health-care/tenncare-mco-contractshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1114166/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/12/09/trump-picks-kennedy-weldon-cdc-hhs-vaccines/76765070007/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/13/robert-f-kennedy-jr-ally-petitioned-stop-polio-vaccine/76972463007/http://usatoday.com/opinion/https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2019/05/31/why-bill-gates-partners-with-rotary-to-eradicate-polio/https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/p/post-polio-syndrome.html#:~:text=PPS%20is%20a%20disorder%20that,muscles%20and%20joints%2C%20and%20tiredness.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/05/10/our-history-albert-sabin-jonas-salk-competed-for-safest-polio-vaccine/1140590001/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/15/kennedy-polio-vaccine-aaron-siri-trump/76962836007/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/01/05/trump-kennedy-polio-vaccine-risks-children-unvaccinated/77358807007/https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2024/12/23/robert-kennedy-health-human-services-polio-vaccine/77181260007/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jrhttps://static.usatoday.com/mobile-apps/https://profile.commercialappeal.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=microsoftnews&utm_campaign=dailybriefing&utm_content=inlinearticlehttps://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-polio-vaccination#:~:text=By%201994%2C%20polio%20had%20been,in%20less%20than%202%20decades.https://twitter.com/usatodayopinionhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/mcconnell-kennedy-polio-vaccine-reports/76991159007/https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/opinion/

Affiliate links

no affiliate links