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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “You need to do shared decision making with your physician…”

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

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RFK Jr. defends new dietary and vaccine guidelines

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

We're not taking vaccines away from anybody. But it is more difficult now for parents to get their children immunized for the Right. They can't just go to a Yeah. You need to do shared decision making with your physician, which is how it would be. Fewer people will get the flu Well, that may be, and maybe that's a better thing. Kennedy is a longtime vaccine skeptic, but during confirmation hearings last year, he vowed to support the CDC's vaccine schedule. (01:13–01:18)

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Asserts that vaccine decisions should involve shared decision-making with a physician.

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