“kids had almost no risk for COVID-19.”
What FactCheck.org found
It’s true that kids are typically at much lower risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19 than adults, and some physicians do not think it’s necessary for healthy children to receive annual updated doses. But the risk of COVID-19 to children is “not no risk.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Health and Human Services Secretary) made this claim around 22 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2025, 15 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/-BZXUE5mm_U?t=511
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