Trump’s pick of RFK Jr. for HHS secretary celebrated by anti-vaccine activists
The anti-vaccine movement hailed Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. One activist called it "a dream come true."
President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement Thursday that he had chosen anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services was met with alarm from doctors and public health advocates.
“Concerned,” said Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I don’t want to go backwards and see children or adults suffer or lose their lives to remind us that vaccines work.”
“Speechless,” said Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the CDC, adding that Kennedy “would imperil the health of people across the country.”
“Shocked,” said Dr. Paul Offit, professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine. “It’s like Typhoid Mary being in charge of food safety.”
But another group was celebrating Trump’s pick: the anti-vaccine movement Kennedy leads.
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