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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “America is home to 4.2% of the world's population. We had…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:19

And yet all those oppressive and unscientific interventions failed to do anything about the disease itself. America is home to 4.2% of the world's population. We had nearly 20% of the COVID deaths. We literally did worse than any country in the world. The people at CDC who oversaw that process, who put masks on our children, who closed our schools, are the people who will be leaving. (06:19–06:28)

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Asserts that the U.S. had a disproportionate number of COVID deaths relative to its population.

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