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Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’ (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Strictly speaking his job is administrative - he's not an expert on health nor does he really need to be. He's a political appointee charged with advising the president and enacting the president's policies. The career bureaucrats and scientists in his employ are the experts.

It is, however, expected that he would at least understand and listen to those teams on what the correct science is and provide feedback from those teams upward to the president to ensure that the president's goals align with good public health policy.

But he's a whackjob conspiracy theorist who has no idea what he's doing.