Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Now, President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates vaccines. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far Kennedy has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.