He was recorded citing a false conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was 'targeted to' certain ethnicities while Chinese people and Jews of European descent were more immune.
Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country's most famous political families, has announced president run
In the recording, Kennedy can be heard making a series of false and misleading claims, including saying, "We don't know whether itwas deliberately targeted or not, but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact." Kennedy's recent COVID-19 conspiracy theory remarks were quickly criticized, including by the Anti-Defamation League, one of the leading Jewish civil rights organizations in the U.S.
Researchers suggest this may be attributed to disparities that existed before the pandemic and continue to exist. For example, some minority groups experience limited access to health care, according to the Lancet medical journal.
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