The antivax chickens have come home to roost.
Trump made theannouncementlate Thursday, following media speculation earlier in the day.
But nothing about Kennedys track record suggests that the countrys public health would improve with him at the helm.
RFK Jr. speaking to members of the press after he spoke at the Des Moines Register SoapBox during the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023.© Alex Wong via Getty
Local health care professionalstoldthe AP last year that his visit galvanized activists.
The subsequent outbreak killed at least 83 people, mostly children under five.
Kennedy later denied any role in the debacle, stating that he never told anyone not to get vaccinated.
RFKs anti-science rhetoric doesnt stop at vaccines, though.
His focus, instead, has been on amplifying fringe ideas and undermining established science.
More recently, its become clear that his backers are or have become largely right-leaning.
Whatever RFK has in store for us, itll be the furthest thing from making America healthy again.
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