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Doctor reacts after RFK Jr. tells anti-vax group they have "a friend at the White House"
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Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a conference for Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine activism group he helped lead years ago. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder shares her reaction.
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