Trump selects anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Dept. of Health and Human Services

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Under the banner "Make America Healthy Again," Kennedy and Trump will facilitate the emergence of the next pandemic and the revival of long-eliminated disease like measles and polio.
69% : After ending his own presidential campaign and endorsing Trump in August, Kennedy played a central role in Trump's campaign, especially at its final events.
51% : Holding no medical degree or relevant experience, he would oversee 11 critical public health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
50% : In fact, the same day that Trump announced his pick of Kennedy, news reports noted that measles cases in America are now four-fold higher than last year, primarily due to declining vaccination rates.
49% : The US is now on the cusp of the tenth wave of mass infection, which will likely be peaking as Trump takes office.
46% : The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the spread of anti-science disinformation on all social media platforms, with Kennedy playing a dominant role.
10% : Speaking at his fascist Madison Square Garden campaign rally last month, Trump pledged to let Kennedy "go wild on health.
10% : A critical component of the fight for socialism will be to advance a socialist public health program, in opposition to the anti-scientific nonsense of Kennedy, Trump and all of their allies and enablers.

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