In May 2021, Robert F Kennedy junior requested that the American drug authority FDA withdraw all approvals of covid vaccines that had begun to be distributed, as shown by a document that the newspaper has taken part of. He also demanded that no further variants be approved.
At that time, a large part of the US population had begun to be vaccinated against the disease, which had led to society starting to open up after a long period of lockdowns. The rapid distribution of vaccines was then estimated to have saved more than 140,000 lives in the country.
Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic, has been nominated for the post of health minister. Like several of the incoming President Trump's nominated ministers, tough questioning awaits in Congress before potential approval.
In November, Kennedy received a question from NBC News about whether he would have tried to prevent the vaccines from being approved.
I wouldn't have actively prevented it, he replied approximately, and pointed out that the vaccines didn't stop the spread of the virus itself.
I would have ensured that we based ourselves on the best possible science, and no efforts were made for that at the time.
More than 1.2 million people have died in the USA after falling ill with covid-19.
