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Anti-vax beliefs widespread in Trump transition team

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63% Informative

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long history of misinformation regarding health, with a special focus on vaccines.

Kennedy has long been interested in getting access to the agencies that regulate vaccines and other interests of his, such as food safety.

An anti-vaccine activist in Samoa helped pave the way for a measles outbreak that shut down the government and ultimately led to over 80 deaths.

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62

Informative language

58

Neutral language

12

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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detected

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short-lived

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