'Only the strong survive': CDC official outlines RFK Jr's eugenics beliefs, says he may not believe in viruses and bacteria – We Got This Covered
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on the FY2026 Department of Health and Human Services budget. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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‘Only the strong survive’: CDC official outlines RFK Jr’s eugenics beliefs, says he may not believe in viruses and bacteria

"The people who survive are the people who should continue to propagate the species."

Whatever you think you know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the reality is worse. The Department of Health is currently in meltdown as a result of Kennedy trying to push his insane, conspiracy-laden garbage on actual scientists, doctors, and experts.

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Even though many of them may be Trump appointees, they’re still drawing the line at supporting RFK’s nonsense beliefs. Susan Monarez, who was confirmed as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director just one month ago, was apparently fired by Kennedy himself, despite only Trump having the power to do that.

At the root is Kennedy’s bonkers anti-vaccine beliefs and his plans to scale back and restrict access to them. Monarez appears to be the proverbial canary in the coal mine on this, as multiple other CDC staff are saying they can’t in good conscience go along with Kennedy’s harmful policies.

One of the resignations was Dr Demetre Daskalajis, who appeared on MSNBC to outline in chilling detail his experience with Kennedy:

“I think the whole rhetoric behind the movement that Secretary Kennedy thinks that he’s launched is really that only the strong survive. … He clearly has a belief, if he actually does believe in viruses and bacteria, which I don’t know if he actually does. He has this belief that infection is better than vaccine because the people who survive are the people who should continue to propagate the species.”

If true, having a eugenics enthusiast running the nation’s health is… not ideal. Though it does suddenly explain his creepy plans for government registers of those with autism!

Are you ready to be “burnt through”?

Daskalajis references Kennedy arguing that viruses should “burn through” a population, with only those with “superior genetics” surviving. And who does Kennedy believe has superior genetics? None other than the perfect specimen of humanity that is Donald J. Trump.

As Daskalajis concludes, “that’s scary”. You said it, dude. In the tiniest of silver linings, Kennedy is becoming something of a drag on the entire Trump administration. Even by the standards of this ghoul’s gallery, Kennedy is weird and evi,l and the chaos surrounding the Department of Health is making Trump look bad.

Kennedy was only ever given this job to secure his Trump endorsement and win over his deluded supporters. This plum position was the payoff for that. However, with Trump now in the Oval Office, it’s not a stretch to wonder what exactly Kennedy is doing for him right now, and that the consequences would be of shoving him back in the loony bin box he came from are minimal. Here’s hoping that happens before too many more people die.


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