Germany rejects RFK Jr claims about Covid vaccine exemption prosecutions [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

Sun 11 Jan 2026 12.05 EST
Last modified on Sun 11 Jan 2026 12.30 EST


The German government has sharply rejected claims by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, that doctors in Germany have faced legal action for issuing vaccine and mask exemptions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The statements made by the US secretary of health are completely unfounded, factually incorrect, and must be rejected,” Germany’s health minister, Nina Warken, said in a strongly worded statement released late on Saturday.

In a video posted on X, Kennedy, a longtime vaccine sceptic, said he had written a letter to Warken calling for an “end to politically motivated prosecutions”. He provided no sources for his claims and misspelled Warken’s name as “Workin”.

Kennedy alleged the government was “limiting people’s abilities to act on their own convictions when they face medical decisions”, accusing it of “violating the sacred patient-physician relationship” and of making doctors “enforcers of state policies”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/germany-rejects-rfk-jr-claims-about-covid-vaccine-exemption-prosecutions

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Kennedy alleged the government was “limiting people’s abilities to act on their own convictions when they face medical decisions”, accusing it of “violating the sacred patient-physician relationship” and of making doctors “enforcers of state policies”.

Meanwhile in the state of NJ (heard this on the radio this morning) -

NJ lawmakers advance legislation to decouple state from federal vaccine recommendations

While federal regulators recently revised the child vaccine schedule, New Jersey’s pending law would allow the state to issue recommendations based on advice from groups like the American Medical Association.

Acting Health Commissioner Jeff Brown said this would ensure all vaccines are covered by insurance.

“This bill has nothing to do with mandates, doesn’t mandate anything, doesn’t give the department any new powers to mandate anything,” he said.

The debate got heated at times as Republicans on the committee said they don’t trust Democrats in Trenton to do the right thing after requiring COVID-19 vaccines. Several residents also voiced their concerns about giving this power to medical associations, which never earned a vote.

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where the loon GOP want elected officials and NOT "medical associations" to advise on medical policy.