Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield is backing former President Donald J. Trump ’s proposal to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead a Commission on Childhood Chronic Disease. This endorsement comes despite Kennedy’s historical criticisms of Redfield and the CDC.
A video posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) shows Kennedy describing Redfield’s support as “breathtaking.” Kennedy mentions that a recent lunch with Redfield was their first meeting. Redfield reportedly began the meeting by affirming Kennedy’s viewpoints, saying, “You got everything right.”
In an op-ed dated September 24, Redfield argues that the Commission on Childhood Chronic Disease needs Kennedy at its helm to address the declining health among American children . Redfield writes, “…the failing health of our kids, the needless suffering and death, can be ended by a Kennedy Commission on Childhood Chronic Disease—and the vast burden of chronic disease that […]
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