The first post-Covid presidential election elevates the antivax movement

Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policyDonald Trump will be propelled to the White House for a second term amid concerns about inflation kicked off by the pandemic, with a leading vaccine skeptic – Robert F Kennedy Jr – at his side, and proposals from conservative supporters to fundamentally restructure public health agencies central to pandemic-era ire.Covid-19 was never seen as the central issue of the 2024 presidential campaign season, but in the first post-pandemic presidential election, it reverberated as the anti-vaccine movement ascended to its greatest political heights ever. Continue reading...

Nov 7, 2024 - 18:30
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The first post-Covid presidential election elevates the antivax movement

Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policy

Donald Trump will be propelled to the White House for a second term amid concerns about inflation kicked off by the pandemic, with a leading vaccine skeptic – Robert F Kennedy Jr – at his side, and proposals from conservative supporters to fundamentally restructure public health agencies central to pandemic-era ire.

Covid-19 was never seen as the central issue of the 2024 presidential campaign season, but in the first post-pandemic presidential election, it reverberated as the anti-vaccine movement ascended to its greatest political heights ever. Continue reading...