在最近一次负责监管美国国立卫生研究院临床中心研究医院的董事会会议上，主席杰克·莱斯利以愉快的自我介绍和热络闲聊开场，随后偏离了例行会议议程。他用了接下来六分钟，对卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪进行了尖锐批评，警告称肯尼迪的反疫苗活动可能会损害这家享有盛誉的医院的声誉。这家医院常被称为罕见病患者或已耗尽所有其他治疗选择的患者的“希望之家”。
At a recent meeting of the board that oversees the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center Research Hospital, chair Jack Leslie opened with cheerful introductions and gregarious chatter—then diverted from the agenda of the regularly scheduled meeting. He spent the next six minutes delivering a pointed rebuke of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, warning that his anti-vaccine activities could tarnish the venerable hospital, often called the "house of hope" for patients with rare conditions or those who have exhausted all other options.
莱斯利对肯尼迪在医院搞的一次“花招”表示不满，肯尼迪突然出席剪彩仪式，为其标志性的疫苗伤害诊所剪彩。仪式包括一个小组讨论，参与者声称自己因疫苗受伤。他们坐在写有“疫苗受害者”的牌匾后面，与肯尼迪及其他特朗普政府高级官员交谈。
Leslie took issue with a recent stunt Kennedy had pulled at the hospital, which involved making a surprise appearance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open his signature vaccine injury clinic. The ceremony included a panel with people claiming to have been injured by vaccines. They sat behind placards reading "vaccine injured" and spoke with Kennedy and other high-ranking Trump administration officials.
莱斯利在发表评论前表示，有些人可能更希望他不要反对肯尼迪的努力。“但我认为，如果我们作为咨询委员会对此保持沉默，那就是失职，”他说。莱斯利还表示，他对研究疫苗可能造成的伤害没有担忧。“严重反应虽罕见，但确实存在，”他说，那些认为自己受伤的人“应该受到重视”。
Leslie prefaced his comments by noting that some might prefer he not speak out against Kennedy's efforts. "But I think that that would be a failing as an advisory board if we were silent," he said. Leslie also noted that he has no concerns about studying potential injuries from vaccines. "Serious reactions are rare, but real," he said, and people who believe they've been injured should "be taken seriously."