Of all Donald Trump ’s cabinet picks, Robert F Kennedy Jr was always in the running to be the most controversial.

Known for his anti-vaccine views and espousal of conspiracy theories, selecting Kennedy (RFK Jr) to be the US health secretary was like putting a Moon landing denier in charge of space exploration.

But only now, six months into his term, are we really seeing the damage that Kennedy is causing to America’s health.

Despite pledging to “Make America Healthy Again”, a pun on the President’s slogan “Make America Great Again”, Kennedy is distorting policy and sacking dissenters in order to promote junk science .

This week Kennedy sparked carnage at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which oversees the US response to infectious diseases, when he fired

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