Robert F. Kennedy Jr has a long record of criticising vaccines and spreading medical misinformation. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen him to be the secretary of Health and Human Service in his upcoming administration. 

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Writer: Rebecca Moore with additional reporting from Alexi Mostrous. 

Producer: Claudia Williams 

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