Docs deem RFK Jr. a ‘damaging’ and ‘devastating’ pick for HHS Secretary, but some see a silver lining

Physicians and public health experts have expressed concern about Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“It's a really bad appointment,” Gerald Kominski, PhD, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, tells MDLinx. “[RFK Jr.] does not have great qualifications for this position whatsoever, and because of his conspiracy theories, his negative attitudes towards vaccinations [are] dangerous ideas in a public health setting."