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Should Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be HHS Secretary?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).   He will need to have his nomination confirmed by the Senate which I believe will occur.    He certainly fits in with Trump’s rather unconventional choices for various other cabinet leaders and government officials. To refer to RJK Jr. as controversial or eccentric are understatements.   We have all read about the worm in his brain, the dead bear that he deposited in Central Park in NYC and the whale head he attached to the top of his car on their way home, as related by his daughter. Is this a desired profile for HHS secretary who will be overseeing the NIH, CDC, FDA and Medicare and Medicaid?   If confirmed, he would yield enormous power to craft new health care policy in this country, particularly under a president who champions disruption. Kennedy is a known vaccine skeptic, has promoted unproven Covid-19 treatments, supports the consumption of raw milk, ...