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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “One of the responsibilities of living in a democracy is to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Discusses Chronic Disease, Environmental Toxins, and Autism Research

Published | Video Starts at 18:10

They trust their doctors and their pediatricians. You know, one of the responsibilities of living in a democracy where physicians and every sort of expert are subject to all kinds of biases, One of the responsibilities of living in a democracy is to do your own research and to make up your own mind. So that's your message to moms or to anyone is to do your own research. I would say be skeptical of authority. (18:10–18:16)

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Asserts that individuals in a democracy should conduct their own research.

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