WASHINGTON — Well being secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has assembled a group that he says will work on methods to broaden a federal program geared toward compensating individuals who have been injured by vaccines, although his energy to make large adjustments with out congressional motion is unclear.
“We simply introduced a man on this week who’s going to be revolutionizing the [National] Vaccine Damage Compensation program,” Kennedy mentioned in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted Monday. He later added that a complete group had been convened.
“We’re methods to enlarge this system in order that Covid vaccine-injured individuals may be compensated … we’re methods to enlarge the statute of limitations,” Kennedy informed Carlson.
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