11/08/2024

What Trump’s Win Could Mean for Vaccines

No one knows exactly what his second term will mean for U.S. health policies

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris means U.S. health policy may soon be shaped, at least in part, by one of the country’s most notorious vaccine skeptics: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

At this point, no one knows exactly what Trump’s second term will mean for vaccine policy or health policy more broadly. But Kennedy, who is infamous for peddling debunked views of vaccines and science, is poised to play a major role in defining Trump’s health legacy.

"I'm going to let him go wild on health," Trump said of Kennedy at an October New York City campaign rally. "I'm going to let him go wild on the food. I'm going to let him go wild on the medicines."

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