Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, launched into a fiery critique of ex-officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accusing the agency of failing in its mission and pointing to what he called a national health crisis.
“We are the sickest country in the world. That’s why we have to fire people at CDC,” Kennedy said Tuesday. “They did not do their job! This was their job to keep us healthy.”
Citing newly released CDC data, Kennedy said 76.4% of Americans now suffer from chronic disease, compared with 11% during his uncle President John F. Kennedy’s era and just 3% in 1950.
“Eight out of ten of our kids cannot qualify for military service,” he said, calling it “a national security issue.”
He added that the U.S. now spends $1.3 trillion annually on chronic illness.
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