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RFK Jr. claims AI will overturn medical advice, fact‑check shows otherwise

At a Make America Healthy Again event, RFK Jr. said AI would refute masks, distancing and vaccines, but major chatbots affirmed the expert consensus.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told an audience at a Make America Healthy Again event that AI would free people from “medical tyranny” and back his anti‑vaccine stance. He said AI could say masks, social distancing and vaccines don’t work. When the claim was tested, Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT both answered that masks and distancing are effective, and that vaccines reduce transmission.

Why it matters

If the public trusts AI over health experts, knowing that leading AI models still support established medical guidance can help curb misinformation.

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