Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as America's new health secretary, breaking the traditional mold of candidates with impeccable credentials. While he champions anti-corruption and health improvement, Kennedy's history of promoting dangerous conspiracy theories, including those related to vaccines and public health, raises alarms. His confirmation, despite Democratic opposition, reflects the current political climate where unconventional and controversial figures are gaining high-level positions, indicating a shift in the nation’s health policy landscape.
Kennedy positioned himself as a truth teller determined to uproot the 'corporate capture' and 'tyrannical insensate bureaucracies' that had taken hold of the nation's public-health agencies.
He has trafficked in innumerable unproven and dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines, AIDS, anthrax, President John F. Kennedy's assassination, COVID-19, sunlight, gender dysphoria, and 5G.
Even so, it's remarkable just how unimaginable his confirmation would have been in any political moment other than today's, when an online reactionary has been given a high-level position.
In the end, none of it mattered. While Senate Democrats unanimously opposed Kennedy's confirmation, it nonetheless went through, highlighting a significant shift in political standards.
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