president-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate antivaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services this will put him in charge of an agency that oversees everything from drug vaccine and food safety to medical research and Medicaid a longtime vaccine skeptic Kennedy is an attorney who built a loyal Following over several decades of people who admire his lawsuits against major pesticide and pharmaceutical companies Kennedy claims he has never told the public to avoid vaccination even before Trump was elected Kennedy said he would recommend water agencies stop adding fluoride to drinking water fluoride is viewed as one of the biggest Health successes of this past Century he also made other claims not backed by science such as questioning whether HIV causes AIDS and suggesting anti-depressants lead to school shootings he’s also pushed for tighter regulations around the ingredients and Foods naming the effort make America healthy again