It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

And well, it's now official.

President-elect Trump announced yesterday that he is nominating Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. During his campaign's final days, Trump said he would let Kennedy, quote, go wild on health. They're branding this as make America healthy again to go with Make America Great Again. Some of Kennedy's priorities are relatively

standards, such as focusing on the health effects associated with ultra-processed foods,

yet others may undermine the public's health, like his opposition to vaccine mandates,

and not just for COVID. Here he is on MSNBC the day after Trump's victory was announced.

If vaccines are working for somebody, I'm not going to take them away.

People ought to have choice, and that choice ought to be informed by the best information.

So I'm going to make sure the scientific safety studies and efficacy is out there,

and people can make individual assessments

about whether that product is going to be good for them.

Individual assessments. Individual choice for you and by extension your kids and those who might

now be unvaccinated against childhood diseases, who your vaccinated one might

soon be mingling with at school.

We'll get a reaction to this prospect.

We'll also talk about his stance on processed foods, on fluoridation and water, and as

much as we can get to, with Dr. Caitlin Jedalina, epidemiologist, data scientist, and author of the newsletter

called Your Local Epidemiologist.

An epidemiologist, by the way, is somebody who studies the spread of diseases or illnesses

in populations.

Hi, Dr. Jadalina.

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