HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy declared last week that he knows “what a healthy child is supposed to look like” before revealing that he finds out just by looking at them.
The 71-year-old Kennedy also remarked on how no one in his large family had diabetes, food allergies or autism when he grew up. “I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today, as I walk down the street, I see these kids that are just overburdened by mitochondrial challenges, with inflammation,” said the conspiracy theorist and one of the nation’s biggest vaccine skeptics. “You can tell from their faces, from their body movements and from their lack of social connection.”
Kennedy spouted an endless stream of false figures on children with autism, and claimed that there are more children today with diabetes and autism than when he was little. A few months ago, Kennedy also shared similar remarks about seeing children with “mitochondrial challenges” at the airport.
To be specific (and factual), mitochondrial disorders are complex medical conditions caused by defects in the mitochondria, which are the energy-producing parts of cells. These disorders can affect multiple organs, particularly those with high energy needs like the brain and muscles. Detailed medical analysis (not casual observation, Bobby), is how these serious diseases are diagnosed. Kennedy’s “anecdotal claims” have notably been dismissed by critics who point out that “autism and food allergies were far less frequently diagnosed by medical professionals in decades past,” the San Antonio Current noted.
Critics roasted the unlicensed and un-credentialed Kennedy mercilessly over his walk-by medical diagnosis method:
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