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I agree.... Different ethnic groups have different problems with certain deseases and viruses and vaccines... But Jews? That's not an ethnic group..Kennedy often flirts with partly plausible conspiracy theories but gets them wrong. For example, Covid does show differences between ethnicities - but he gets them wrong and they're not enough to fit a conspiracy theory about it.
"As of December 28, 2022, cumulative age-adjusted data showed that AIAN and Hispanic people were about 1.5 times as likely to be infected with COVID-19 compared with White people (Figure 2). AIAN people were twice as likely as White people to die from COVID-19, and death rates for Hispanic and Black people were 1.7. and 1.6 times higher than White people, respectively."
For example, his pet theories about drug manufacturers causing harms like autism and trying to hide it have elements of plausibility - yet are wrong. Unfortunately, there's a 'boy who cried wolf' effect, where one of the 'conspiracy theories' is correct it's less likely for the public to accept it, because of the false claims - just as Democrats would have a harder time if Republicans DID steal an election because of trump's lies about it.
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COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity as of Winter 2022 | KFF
Over the course of the pandemic, racial disparities in cases and deaths have widened and narrowed. However, overall, Black, Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people have borne the heaviest health impacts of the pandemic. While Black and Hispanic people were less likely than...www.kff.org