How worried should we be about RFK Jr as health secretary? Ask Florida

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✍️ Donald Trump's promise to appoint Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary is raising concerns about the potential impact on public health policy in the US, with experts pointing to Florida's experience with a vaccine-denying state surgeon general.
👉 Donald Trump has promised to appoint Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary
👉 Florida's experience with Dr Joseph Ladapo, a vaccine-denying state surgeon general, is being cited as a warning sign
👉 Ladapo has been at the center of several controversies, including advising parents to send unvaccinated children to school during a measles outbreak and urging municipalities to remove fluoride from drinking water
👉 Experts fear that Kennedy's appointment could lead to a national wave of anti-vaccine sentiment and a decline in vaccination rates

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guardian.co.uk (nprofile…fw9w)

Florida’s surgeon general Joseph Ladapo has given free rein to his own unorthodox views on vaccines and public healthDonald Trump’s promise to upend public health policy across the US by installing Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary is resonating in Florida, where experts say the nation can learn from its own experience of a vaccine-denying state surgeon with unorthodox scientific views.Like Kennedy’s relationship with the incoming president, Dr Joseph Ladapo was championed by, and is closely aligned to, a powerful rightwing political leader – Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/09/rfk-jr-health-secretary-joseph-ladapo-florida