Though he’s one step away from becoming the nation’s next Health and Human Services secretary, comments Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made around race have many experts warning his confirmation will be a setback for the health of Black people.
Despite lacking a medical degree and showing little knowledge of how the public health system works, Kennedy has thrown around a lot of opinions. Most of his suggested overhaul of the public health system could increase vaccine hesitancy among Black people and exacerbate differences in health outcomes between Black and white Americans.