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Will Robert F Kennedy jnr 'go wild' on health issues in the US and how will this play out?

Dec 30, 2024 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Rocky times ahead for US healthcare, with several flagged changes set to have global repercussionsWith US president-elect Donald Trump due to take up office on January 20th, a certain unease is palpable in public discourse.
46% : In a recent post on X, Kennedy said that Trump, as president, would be advising "all US water systems to remove fluoride from public water".
33% : [ It's time for a reality check about certain 'weight loss' drugs, and here's whyOpens in new window ]Kennedy and Trump have aimed at senior FDA mandarins, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.
27% : Speaking in an NPR interview after his nomination, Kennedy said Trump had given him three "instructions": to remove "corruption" from health agencies; to return these bodies to "evidence-based science and medicine"; and "to end the chronic disease epidemic".
11% : And with Trump promising to let his nominee for Health And Human Services Secretary, Robert F Kennedy jnr, "go wild" on health issues, how will this play out?

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