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RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing

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RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing
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In a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) directly confronted anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his rejection of germ theory—the unquestionable scientific idea that specific pathogenic microbes cause specific diseases. After Kennedy defended his fringe view, Senator Bill Cassidy fact-checked and debunked Kennedy's denialist arguments in real time.
The exchanges mark a rare instance in which Kennedy's dismissal of germ theory has been raised in such

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