Former CDC Director Said ‘You Got Everything Right,’ RFK Jr. Says

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said former CDC Director Robert Redfield wrote an editorial supporting President Trump’s plan to make American children healthy again.

“Robert Redfield, who I really go after in my Fauci book, wrote an editorial in Newsweek magazine today saying that he was endorsing President Trump because President Trump was going to restore American health,” RFK Jr. said.

“After more than 40 years in the public health arena, it might surprise some of my colleagues to know I think President Trump chose the right man for the job: Robert Kennedy, Jr.,” Redfield wrote in Newsweek.

“This was breathtaking to me, because this is the guy who’s the head of the CDC that I’ve been criticizing for years, and then this afternoon he came over and had lunch with me. It was the first time I’ve ever met him, and the first thing he said to me is, ‘you got everything right,’” RFK Jr. added.

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“Kennedy is right: All three of the principal health agencies suffer from agency capture. A large portion of the FDA’s budget is provided by pharmaceutical companies. NIH is cozy with biomedical and pharmaceutical companies and its scientists are allowed to collect royalties on drugs NIH licenses to pharma. And as the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I know the agency can be influenced by special interest groups,” Chief Nerd posted, citing Redfield’s op-ed.

“But it doesn’t stop in the health agencies: the U.S. Department of Agriculture is a captive of industry, too. Created to help the family farmer and to ensure a wholesome food supply, today the agency often favors large corporations over the interests of small farmers and the public’s health. To cure our children, we must reevaluate our food choices and the underlying practices of the agricultural sector. We must prioritize wholesome and nutritious food,” the post added.

NEW — Fmr. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield Admits RFK Jr Has Been Right All Along

“Kennedy is right: All three of the principal health agencies suffer from agency capture. A large portion of the FDA’s budget is provided by pharmaceutical companies. NIH is cozy with biomedical… pic.twitter.com/yvpkvLImeD

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 25, 2024

Redfield wrote in Newsweek:

Critics say our public health system has failed chronic disease patients, especially children. I must agree, and I’m even more frustrated that it’s gotten steadily worse during my career. As parents and grandparents, doctors and good citizens, we must finally do something to end this chronic disease epidemic.

President Trump has pledged, if elected, to establish a panel of top experts working with Kennedy to investigate what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic health problems and childhood diseases. He specifically mentioned autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity, and infertility. In 2019, when we took steps to take on the chronic disease epidemic, we also focused on creating earlier interventions in diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and more.

In response, Kennedy pledged that “within two years, we will watch the chronic disease burden lift dramatically” if he’s given the tools he needs to make a change.

I believe him. And I think President Trump will empower him. I support their noble effort to heal our children.

The exorbitant cost of the failing health of our kids, the needless suffering and death, can be ended by a Kennedy Commission on Childhood Chronic Disease—and the vast burden of chronic disease that now demoralizes and bankrupts our nation can disappear. The key is to see the possible, and lead our nation to act.

Redfield served as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2018 to 2021.

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