Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines are "dangerous" and rejected by his family, said his cousin, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy. President-elect Donald Trump has picked RFK Jr. lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

ToplineUS Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy labeled her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccinations as “dangerous,” in her farewell address as ambassador in Canberra on Monday, becoming the latest member of the influential political dynasty to criticize the man picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services by President-elect Donald Trump.

US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy described her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccinations as “dangerous,” the latest public rebuke by a senior member of the storied family against the man Donald Trump has tapped for a key Cabinet post.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cousin called his vaccine views “dangerous” and contradict what most Americans likely believe. “I think Bobby’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think most Americans share them,

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, called her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine views “dangerous.” The ambassador said she grew up with him and has known about his views “for a long time.