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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “I don't think social distancing worked.”

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

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RFK Jr. on Dietary Guidelines, Vaccines & Trump | KMP Ep.22

Published | Video Starts at 28:58

There's no scientific evidence that masks prevent the transmission of, or inhibit at all the transmission of respiratory illnesses. I don't think the COVID vaccine prevented transmission. All of those were once. And, you know, I don't think social distancing worked. All of those things were, you know, conspiracy theories at one point when I first started talking about them. And they're now pretty much validated and acknowledged by all of the power centers of our society. (28:58–29:01)

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Asserts that social distancing measures were ineffective.

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