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This week President-elect Donald Trump introduced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to run the Division of Well being and Human Providers.
The nomination comes after Trump promised to let Kennedy “go wild on well being” throughout the marketing campaign.
Kennedy holds various controversial opinions on well being, and promotes various scientifically debunked claims like vaccines trigger autism, fluoride is poisoning the general public water system and AIDS is not brought on by the HIV virus.
Kennedy has lengthy wished to drastically remake well being and healthcare coverage in america. Quickly, he could get his likelihood.
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