President-elect Donald Trump‘s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services roiled the political scene. It also sent shivers through certain sectors of equity markets.
The media was outraged that Trump nominated an outspoken antivaccine activist to head the nation’s most prominent healthcare agency. Nonpartisan medical experts also expressed concern about Kennedy’s views on vaccines, unpasteurized milk, the use of fluoride to prevent tooth decay, and his comments on food oils and food safety more broadly.
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