An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy, 69, is making a long shot bid to challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/factbox-who-are-the-candidates-running-in-the-2024-us-presidential-election/article_09e46ade-f1b1-5019-ae3b-69a83e18bbdd.html

Ardern’s departure may represent a victory for the anti-vaccine movement and the misogynists in their midst, but make no mistake: it’s a loss for almost everyone else.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/28/opinion/jacinda-ardern-resignation-underscores-rising-violence-our-politics

But a slip in stability wasn’t the case for the Canadian cities that made the top 10. The EIU says in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto, stability scores were “up compared with last year, when these cities were impacted by anti-vaccine protests.”

Source: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/12/27/calgary-eiu-liveability-index/

But discussion of his anti-vaccine activism often overlooks how it affects people with autism.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/05/31/rfk-jr-s-journey-from-environmental-lawyer-to-anti-vax-presidential-candidate.html

But the issue is a sensitive one: Doctors who have been involved in fielding demands for “unvaccinated blood” worry they’ll be targeted by anti-vaccine groups or accused of withholding life-saving therapy if they speak publicly.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-unvaccinated-blood-covid19

Despite Phillips’ call for “competition,” no major Democratic challengers are expected to emerge, and only two candidates have stepped up to run against Biden, author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/national/2023/04/minnesota-democrats-except-dean-phillips-say-they-back-bidens-reelection/

For decades, the anti-vaccine movement was squarely on the left.

Source: https://www.science20.com/content/covid19_didnt_create_the_partisan_divide_in_medicine_people_only_noticed_when_it_wasnt_on_their_team

“He has conspiracy theories, including his anti-vaccine position, which is very popular among conservative Republicans,” Schmidt said.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/08/robert-kennedy-jr-independent-candidate-republican-voter

Merrifield retweeted a post by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming that journalists were “slavish government propagandists during Covid.”

Source: https://voiceonline.com/falcon-must-denounce-mla-merrifields-attack-on-journalists-ndp/

Mr. Kennedy, a scion of the storied American political family and an environmental lawyer, has become known for his anti-vaccine advocacy and his promotion of conspiracy theories.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-abortion-ban.html

Previous reporting had also shown Gareth Train’s history of engaging in online conspiracy spaces with anti-government, anti-vaccine comments, typically grounded in his Christian beliefs.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/02/17/queensland-shooting-premillennialism-wieambilla-terrorist-christian-extremism/

When the affiliated anti-vaccine and far-right movements turned their firepower on the COVID-19 vaccines introduced in 2021, the consequences were dire.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-10-20/a-scientist-asks-why-professional-groups-dont-fight-harder-against-anti-science-propaganda

While these interviews typically were viewed only a few hundred times, Bosi and Jammal emerged as players in Australia’s anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown “freedom” movement.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/02/08/joel-jammal-anti-vaccine-federal-mps-turning-point-australia/