The Lancet: Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure

The Lancet has spoken when a leading medical journal titles an editorial “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure,” the experiment in anti‑expert governance is clearly not going well. RFK Jr arrived at HHS promising radical transparency and unbiased science; one year later, The Lancet documents closed comment periods, sidelined experts, and data disappearing so fast even the Freedom of Information Act would struggle to keep up. A 54‑year tradition of soliciting public comment on new rules was abruptly ended, while advisers whose views conflicted with Kennedy’s were efficiently “de‑selected,” proving that the only acceptable evidence is that which already agrees with him. Policy changes are now conveniently announced behind paywalls, creating a two‑tier system where only subscribers get to know what the nation’s health policy actually is, and whistleblowers who objected were simply removed. The Lancet notes that health guidelines were rewritten in ways that comfort industries more than epidemiologists,...