RFK Jr.'s vaccine views 'dangerous,' says Caroline Kennedy

The Manila Times

RFK Jr.'s vaccine views 'dangerous,' says Caroline Kennedy  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines are "dangerous," his cousin and US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy said on Monday, November 18, days after Donald Trump picked the anti-vaccine activist to be the next US health secretary.  Kennedy said her cousin, who has spread vaccine misinformation, has views at odds with most Americans, including the Kennedy clan.  RFK Jr., the son and nephew of two titans of Democratic politics, has frequently talked about tackling what he calls the "chronic disease epidemic" of conditions including obesity, diabetes and autism, and reducing chemicals in food.  AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #kennedy  #usa

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00:03and they will soon be.

00:04So I started worrying about what I was going to send in.

00:07And then I learned about Bunnings.

00:11Yes, I think Bobby Kennedy's views on vaccines are dangerous.

00:17But I don't think that most Americans share them.

00:20So we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

00:25But certainly, he's, you know, I grew up with him.

00:28So I've known all this for a long time.

00:32And others are just getting to know him.

00:35But that's a, you know, my uncle Teddy

00:39spent 50 years fighting for affordable health

00:42care in the Senate.

00:43And it's something that our whole family is so proud of,

00:48that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act.

00:52And it was, you know, built on the work

00:55that my uncle had done over many years.

00:57My Aunt Eunice started Special Olympics.

01:00And the National Institute of Maternal and Child Health

01:04is now named after her.

01:06So I would say that our family is united

01:11in terms of our support for the public health

01:14sector and infrastructure, and has the greatest

01:16admiration for the medical profession in our country.

01:19And Bobby Kennedy has got a different set of views.

01:23Thank you for your time here.

01:25Making it the third leading cause of death

01:28among women in the region.

01:30And I was shocked.

01:32Ambassador Rudd has the full confidence

01:34of the prime minister.

01:35And whosoever the ambassador is of choice

01:38per the government that sends them to Washington, DC.

01:42I will say that I've seen Ambassador Rudd.

01:44He's incredibly energetic.

01:45He's forged really strong relationships in Congress

01:48on both sides of the aisle.

01:50So, you know, I'm sure he is fully capable.

01:54I've seen Australians argue.

01:56So I'm sure he's capable of dealing with whatever comes.

02:01Documented the sort of impact that the Trump administration

02:06had.

02:06The United States has made commitments over many decades.

02:10And those are not going to change.

02:13And our national interest is not going to change.

02:15So there are going to be a lot of different things said,

02:22as there have been during the recent campaign.

02:25But I think that overall, the United States

02:28needs our friends and allies.

02:30And we have such strong allies in this region.

02:34Japan, Korea, the Philippines.

02:37We are increasing our relationship

02:39with Vietnam, with Papua New Guinea.

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