Brian Deer
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 25 Jul
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I, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
We need to move on.
Senator, I support the measles vaccine.
I support the polio vaccine.
I will do nothing as HHS secretary.
That makes it difficult or discourages people from taking either of those vaccines.
So, Brian, for many of us, the first time that we heard of RFK was his failed presidential run.
But you have been reporting on the anti-vaccine movement for more than two decades.
So when did you first become aware of him?
Well, I first got wise to him 20 years ago this July coming up when he suddenly popped up in American magazines trying to demonstrate the link between vaccines and autism.
So he's been at it now for 20 years solid.
He's not a particularly good campaigner, but he's got that magical name Kennedy, which plays so well in the United States.
With his help, many causes have been brought to the forefront of public awareness, and his family's connections mean he has access to the highest levels of US government.
So, Mr Kennedy, he's a product liability lawyer.
What he tries to do is to get lawsuits going.
People would be attracted by the campaigner and then moved over to the product liability lawsuits.
That's what he does, he sues people.
Because one of the things about vaccine scares that people probably don't realise is that they begin as lawsuits and they're very, very lucrative for the lawyers who drive them.
So he's experienced at campaigning against vaccines and in 2019 that took him and you to the Pacific island of Samoa.
Can you tell me what the situation was like there when you arrived?
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