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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “American blacks were disproportionately impacted because…”

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

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Senate Discussion on Obesity and Chronic Disease with NIH Representative

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

About over 3,000 deaths per million population. The only people worse are Indian reservations which haven't even a higher rate. And the only person worth did worse globally were Samoans. American blacks were disproportionately impacted because they disproportionately have diabetes, obesity, cardiac illnesses and other chronic disease. We need to start studying those and we need to get rid of the conflicts and the agency that obstructs those studies that are focused on advancing the mercantile interests … (03:45–03:56)

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Asserts that African Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to higher rates of chronic diseases.

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