Shortly after President-elect Donald J. Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the biotech market — specifically those involving vaccines — responded negatively. It wasn’t really surprising. Without getting into the political weeds, Kennedy has long espoused unconventional views of science and medicine that threaten to disrupt business as usual.
To be sure, Kennedy proponents may argue that such disruption is exactly the point: the idea is that for too long, big pharma and big food companies have, for lack of a better word, “poisoned” the American people in the name of the almighty dollar. Specifically, RFK pinned the prevalence of chronic disease and childhood illness on food and drug industries.
