Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.”

PolitiFact says: Scientists say the measles vaccine offers lifelong protection that is 97% effective at preventing the virus. Scientists tested the MMR vaccine before it was approved for use and perform ongoing safety surveillance resea…

“kids had almost no risk for COVID-19.”

FactCheck.org says: 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 …

“DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.”

PolitiFact says: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided no evidence that DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals in jet fuel. The idea builds off the debunked chemtrail conspiracy theories.

“Research shows that only a “very, very small portion” of the increase in autism “can be charged to better recognition or better diagnostic criteria.”

“many autistic children were "fully functional" and "regressed … into autism when they were 2 years old. And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem, they'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.”

“On the measles outbreak in Texas: "the growth rate … has diminished substantially.”

FactCheck.org says: A review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace of cases.

“The measles vaccines "does not appear to provide maternal immunity.”

FactCheck.org says: Evidence suggests that vaccinated mothers pass fewer protective antibodies on to their babies than previously infected moms, but in both cases this protection wanes before the infant’s first year. The best way to ensure…

“Measles infection "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease, et cetera.”

FactCheck.org says: Measles impairs the immune system for several years after an infection. There isn't convincing evidence that measles infection prevents any diseases.

“Doctors treating measles patients in Texas are getting "very, very good results" from cod liver oil, budesonide (a steroid) and clarithromycin (an antibiotic).”

FactCheck.org says: None of these are specific treatments for nor are they recommended for measles. While cod liver oil contains vitamin A, which can help if someone is deficient in the vitamin, it is not clear if it would benefit someone …

“The National Institutes of Health spent “almost nothing” on researching the causes of chronic disease, focusing instead on infectious disease.”

FactCheck.org says: Each year, billions in NIH funds are devoted to chronic conditions.

“There’s a study that came out last week of 47,000 9-year-olds in the Medicaid system in Florida — I think a Louisiana scientist called Mawson — that shows the opposite," meaning that vaccines cause autism.”

FactCheck.org says: The paper has several methodological issues. It was funded by an anti-vaccine group.

“HHS Secretary Becerra just issued a PREP Act declaration for bird flu. This allows the FDA Commissioner to issue EUAs for bird flu vaccines, with no liability.”

FactCheck.org says: HHS Secretary Becerra did not recently issue a PREP Act declaration for bird flu. Also, the FDA cannot currently issue EUAs for bird flu vaccines.

“When John F. Kennedy was president, 6% of American kids had a chronic health condition. Today it is 60%.”

FactCheck.org says: There’s no good way to track chronic conditions in U.S. kids between the 1960s and the present, given changes in how chronic conditions are diagnosed, tracked and defined.

“Russians are in Cuba firing missiles” as a warning to the U.S. about its resolve to win the war with Ukraine.”

FactCheck.org says: Russian warships on the way to an annual trip to Cuba conducted simulated missile drills in the Atlantic but did not fire live missiles from Cuba.

“The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”

PolitiFact says: A U.S. appeals court overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a school district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for staff. But it did not rule on whether vaccine mandates were constitutional.

“Tony Bryant testified under oath...The two men confessed repeatedly to Bryant and a third man that they had committed the crime.”

Washington Post says: Bryant did not testify under oath, and there's little evidence of confessions

“Then the Russians go in. They don’t send a big army. They only send 40,000 people. It’s a nation of 44 million people. They clearly do not intend to conquer Ukraine, but they want us back at the negotiating table.”

Washington Post says: Russia wanted to decapitate the Ukrainian government.

“The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs.”

PolitiFact says: The claim is accurate for the particular one-year period Kennedy cites, but the general pattern under President Joe Biden has been for part-time jobs to account for about a quarter of all new job growth, not 100%.

“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”

PolitiFact says: The Dickey Amendment didn’t literally ban all federally funded gun research from 1996 to 2018, but federal administrators acted as though it did. In 2018, new language clarified that such research was allowed.

“On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

PolitiFact says: Court records show numerous examples of defendants convicted who carried firearms or used other weapons on Jan. 6.