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The U.S. Secretary of Health oversees everything from food safety to medical research and social programs.

It remains an open question how qualified Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is for the job, given his reputation as a vaccine skeptic.

In an interview last year, he said: “I believe autism comes from vaccines. »

The US national public health agency, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is one of the agencies Kennedy will oversee if his nomination is confirmed.

It states in its Autism FAQ: “Numerous studies have examined whether there is a relationship between vaccines and ASD (autism spectrum disorder). To date, studies continue to show that vaccines are not associated with ASD. »

Kennedy actually has a story of getting away from the truth and the dissemination of health information, according to scientists, is false.

Still, he could bring some passion to Kennedy in the role of health secretary when it comes to tackling the nation’s drug crisis.

A heroin addict for 14 years in his youth, he spoke about it in 2023 in an interview for the Daily Mail, externalstating, “We are losing an entire generation of young people. We have lost 106,000 people this year alone to fentanyl.” The actual figure was even higher, at just over 107,500, external.