If RFK Jr. leads the Department of Health and Human Services, he could radically reshape public health priorities in America, from vaccines to fluoride in the water. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karen, did you ever do any, like, theater as a young person?
I did.
Good.
Yes.
I knew it.
Okay, guys, I have pulled a section from your piece.
It is two lines.
Yeah.
And I'm going to have you read those lines with feeling and with nuance.
This will come at the top of the show in the billboard.
It's gonna be your voice coming out.
Wow.
Amanda, can we get those lines to Karen?
All right.
No matter where a person stands on the political spectrum, they can p probably find something to agree with Kennedy on.
He's the personification of the growing distrust of science and the public health establishment that many Americans have felt in the post pandemic era.
Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr.
Health and Human Services Secretary it's coming up on Today Explained.
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