“They had to destroy ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and discredit it, and they had to tell everybody it’s not effective because if they had acknowledged that it’s effective … the whole $200 billion vaccine enterprise would have collapsed.”
What FactCheck.org found
FDA authorization/approval for a treatment would not impact authorization/approval of a safe and effective vaccine. Several large, randomized controlled trials have found these drugs don't work for COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 15 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2023, 57 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.