Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Person who could play a key role in overseeing public health issues in a second Trump administrationHe said Wednesday that he would not take away people’s vaccines.

“I’m not going to take anyone’s vaccines away,” Kennedy said in an interview with NBC News when asked if there were specific vaccines he would take off the market.

Kennedy rejected the idea that he was ‘anti-vaxxer’ repeated claims that vaccines are linked to autism — and his affiliation with Children’s Health Defense, a leading anti-vaccine group — and reiterated that he would not take them away from Americans.

He will meet with top Trump aides on Wednesday to discuss his role moving forward. Kennedy said that they have not yet decided what his role in the new administration will be, but he did not ignore the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and also put forward the idea of ​​becoming the “White House health czar.”

“If vaccines work for someone, I’m not going to take them away. People should have the right to choose, and that choice should be made with the best information,” he said. “So I will make sure that scientific safety studies and effectiveness are available, and people will be able to make individual assessments about whether this product would be good for them.”

Three days before the election Trump did not rule out whether he would ban some vaccines. Trump told NBC News: “I’m going to talk to Kennedy and I’m going to talk to other people and I’m going to make a decision, but he’s a very capable man and he has strong views.”

Asked about his warnings about the Covid vaccine, which was rapidly followed and approved during the pandemic, Kennedy said that he said at that time that the vaccine would not prevent transmission.

“I knew in May 2020 that vaccines would not protect against transmission because I was actually reading the monkey studies,” Kennedy said, adding that it would not “directly prevent” but “transmit.” “He’s honest with the public about the vaccine to ensure it’s based on the best science.” “There was no effort to do that at the time.”

Kennedy said Trump has tasked him in a second administration with cleaning up corruption in federal agencies, returning the agencies to “gold standard science, empirically based evidence” and “ending the chronic disease epidemic.” For example, he said: He said he would address ingredients in America’s food that are “illegal in Europe and other countries” and “make our children sick.”

He said he would address corruption by purging departments (in some cases, “entire departments”) of federal employees who he believed were not doing their jobs. Kennedy said the nutrition departments at the Food and Drug Administration “need to go” because their employees are “not doing their jobs.”

“They’re not protecting our children. Why do we have Fruit Loops in this country with 18 or 19 ingredients, and when you go to Canada you have two or three?” he said.

Kennedy also mentioned Concerns about fluoride in the nation’s water supply. Fluoridated water has been heralded by major public health groups, which point to studies that say it reduces tooth decay by at least 25%.

He said he wouldn’t force it to repeal it but would advise water districts “about their legal responsibilities” to protect voters. But major medical associations support water fluoridation and say it is safe and has benefits.

Asked what it was like to be Kennedy at the Republican White House victory party on Tuesday night, he said: “It’s extraordinary. I never thought I’d be here.” Kennedy said he chose to support Trump because he believed the two men were stronger together.

He said: “He actually said to me, ‘Let’s unite our parties because the areas on which we agree are much broader than the issues on which we disagree.’ he said.

Vaughn Hillyard reported from West Palm. Rebecca Shabad reported from New York.

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