RFK Jr. has suggested vaccines caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic at least twice

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu.

One Facebook post (archived) with around 105,000 reactions at the time of this writing featured a photo of Kennedy with the caption:

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Examples of the claim also appeared in posts on social media platforms including X (archived), Threads (archived) and Reddit (archived), as well as in reporting by The New York Times and Rolling Stone.

Snopes readers searched our site and wrote messages to the newsroom asking if Kennedy really said vaccines, or vaccine research, caused the 1918 pandemic that killed an estimated 50-100 million people worldwide, according to a 2002 estimate (a more recent estimate in 2018 placed the death toll lower at around 17.4 million).

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/01/rfk-vaccine-spanish-flu-pandemic/

[hlthe2b]

1. I am so sick of this ignorant, dangerous POS. And likewise at the cowards among AMA and all the other

professional groups as well as the countless numbers of private informed physicians (and others) who have not spoken out. Some have clearly, but along with Vaccine Producing Pharmaceutical companies (they may be greedy but not irresponsible in their vaccine development, testing, and production) there should have been 24/7 exposure of RFK JR. Like the legal profession, it appears many are cowed. Those working for the Federal Health Agencies can be forgiven for their reluctance--but those who have since left?

Sigh... may RFK Jr. meet his KARMIC "consequences" and soon.

[yardwork]

2. The weak response is pathetic.

I guess they're afraid to speak out. I know some physicians who are Trumpsters, too. All they can manage is a feeble "I didn't vote for this."