RFK Jr.'s imprint on covid vaccines and public health
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s skepticism of vaccines and mainstream medicine is making waves in the agency he oversees.
Host Colby Itkowitz talks with The Post’s national health reporter Lena Sun and health and science accountability reporter Lauren Weber about how Kennedy’s recent vaccine announcement and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement are shaping health policy for all Americans.
Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff with help from Elana Gordon. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Sam Bair. Thanks also to Leonard Bernstein.
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| 1:03.7 | Do you have your computer on silent? I did have my computer on silent. She's constantly |
| 1:08.1 | nagging me about the particular phone on you. Put your phone on silent. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm just making sure. |
| 1:13.3 | In like all situations, like in meetings and stuff too or just in podcast? |
| 1:16.8 | It's a buddy. |
| 1:17.5 | It's a buddy thing. |
| 1:18.4 | Like, and then if I have a tech problem, I stand up and say it, Lauren, can you come |
| 1:21.4 | over here, please? |
| 1:21.9 | That is a nice inflection of how that goes. |
| 1:24.1 | No, it's usually like, Lauren. Can you mix this? |
| 1:28.2 | Are you on deadline? |
| 1:30.2 | Even if you're on deadline, like, just come over here. |
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