Trump picks RFK Jr. for federal health secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : "Go have a good time, Bobby."But even before suspending his campaign, Kennedy had a phone conversation with Trump this summer, during which they talked about changing the vaccine schedule for children.
60% : Trump said in a tweet that Kennedy will restore federal health agencies to "the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!"Kennedy ran for president as an independent candidate largely on a public health platform, including remodeling the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, before dropping out and endorsing Trump.
47% : "He wants to do some things, and we're going to let him get to it," Trump said of Kennedy in his election victory speech.
23% : Trump said in October that he would let Kennedy "go wild on medicines" and food policy in his administration.
12% : "Kennedy eventually dropped out of the race to join Trump as an adviser under the banner of "Make America Healthy Again," specifically targeted at the obesity epidemic, the high chronic disease burden in the United States, and vaccines that Kennedy says are unsafe and untested.

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