As news broke that Donald Trump was nominating Robert Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, CNN’s Jake Tapper gave blunt assessment of what’s ahead: “Well, America, I hope you like measles.” Kennedy, who waged a third party presidential bid before endorsing Trump, has spent the better part of his recent career on a crusade against childhood vaccines, which have been an essential component of public health since World War II.
Many studies have continued to show that autism is not linked to vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Kennedy would oversee the CDC, among other agencies.
Jake Tapper on Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as Secretary of Health and Human Services: “Well America, I hope you like measles”. (Video: CNN) pic.twitter.com/hVTeNGG4Ul “This is somebody, Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., who has been pushing quackery, who has been pushing lies, who has been pushing conspiracy theories,” Tapper said to CNN’s Dr.
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