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What RFK Jr. Gets Right—and What He Gets Wrong
Robert Kennedy Jr. speaks at a D.C. rally against vaccine mandates in January 2022, one year before announcing his bid for president. (Matt McClain via Getty Images)
Dr. Vinay Prasad fact-checks the presidential candidate on vaccines, regulatory capture, and more.
By Vinay Prasad
06.21.23
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president on a platform that claims to reveal hidden truths about the damage rich, powerful people and institutions—the pharmaceutical industry, the government, the media, etc.—are doing to average citizens. His promise to voters is that he can bring the unaccountable to heel.

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Vinay Prasad
Vinay Prasad MD, MPH, is a hematologist-oncologist and professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials, and better decision-making. He is author of over 500 academic articles, plus the books Ending Medical Reversal and Malignant. He hosts the oncology podcast Plenary Session, the general medicine podcast The VPZD Show, is active on Substack, and runs the YouTube channel VinayPrasadMDMPH. He runs The Drug Development Letter, a must-read for industry insights.
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