I don’t understand the end game here. What possible benefit is there to RFK or the federal government to reject sound science? I don’t see a profit motive, I don’t see a grift that’d be “worth” the deaths… it’s not like ivermectin is something you could profit off of… why?
For him, it’s about being right. After learning a bit about his past, it seems (to me anyway) that having an autistic kid kind of broke him. He’s been trying to fix it ever since. It’s sad, really.
That would require acknowledging that he is the problem. He doesn't have that level of introspection. It's easier for him to just convince himself that the professionals are the problem.
He doesn't believe in Germ theory. He's utterly deranged. The grift is alternative medicine, but I don't know if he really understands that it's a grift. His bosses surely do, but they just want to inflict as much punishment on institutions as possible.
What possible benefit is there to RFK or the federal government to reject sound science?
Fulfillment of their worldview based entirely on conspiracy theories.
Certain industries having to do with fraudulent medicine may get a boost from such a distorted government agency. This includes dozens of multi-level marketing corporations.
Also, Putin gets to benefit from the massive vaccine and medical disinformation program translating into gradual destabilization of the United States.