RFK Jr. Makes False Claims about Covid Deaths, Vaccine Safety at Senate Hearing

https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/rfk-jr-makes-false-claims-about-covid-deaths-vaccine-safety-senate-hearing?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9W5XadfyOU4FAB4WPJSGME5Zyorfigptqxkx7GYGTRnixCtjQe3M9leBzeOmDpqEruWaGVjBXCNemxuff35T94UG-7A&_hsmi=401263459&utm_content=401263459&utm_source=hs_email On September 4, 2025, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made several false or misleading statements during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, including claiming that “there’s no clinical data” to support Covid vaccine recommendations for healthy people and that “nobody knows” how many Americans have died from Covid.