RFK Jr. Has Big Pharma Panicking

After President-elect Donald Trump selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the new Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), stocks in major drugmakers, otherwise known as Big Pharma, including Moderna and AstraZeneca, tumbled by as much as 8 percent.

Kennedy is worrying many in the health industry with his longstanding criticisms of vaccines, alleging links to autism, and his opposition to fluoride in drinking water, which he claims contributes to neurodevelopmental issues.

He recently made headlines when The New York Times falsely contradicted him for pointing out that American Froot Loops contains red and blue dyes, among other supposedly harmful chemicals that other countries’ Froot Loops don’t have. Improving America’s food supply by eliminating harmful chemicals is another top priority of Kennedy’s.

As advocates of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement, conservatives first became convinced during the COVID-19 pandemic that the health establishment lacked credibility because of figures like Dr. Anthony Fauci continually lying to the public about the efficacy of masks, the harm to children caused by closing schools, and vaccine safety.

Concerns about vaccine safety are well-founded, with many reported cases of myocarditis in young men; AstraZeneca even admitted that its COVID-19 vaccine caused a rare blood clot in dozens of individuals, forcing them to consider paying up to £100 million in damages.

Major medical institutions, including the HHS and CDC, also worked with Big Tech to censor anybody who shared disagreements on measures taken for the pandemic, including Kennedy.

Now, establishment politicians from both sides of the political aisle are fretting that RFK Jr. will push back against the very institutions that lost the trust of millions of Americans over the past four years. While the media spotlight remains on Kennedy’s stance on vaccinations, he represents something much larger — a disruption to the medical establishment that feels too comfortable lying to the public.