The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio ( AMCNO ) is urging people to continue routine vaccinations this flu season rather than following what it calls the "unscientific advice" of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"Kennedy is a well-known anti-vaccine and anti-science advocate and has touted conspiracy theories and lies about vaccines (including that childhood immunizations cause autism), the pasteurization of milk, and fluoride in water," the group said in a statement released Sept. 22.

AMCNO said it has called with Kennedy's resignation, to both "protect the public's health" and to stop him from "undermining the public's confidence in American medical science."

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