RFK Jr. shares why he stopped taking flu shots in 2005 (hint: his voice) [View all]

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rfk-jr-shares-why-he-stopped-taking-flu-shots-in-2005/ar-AA1Uncoa

RFK Jr. shares why he stopped taking flu shots in 2005, USA Today, 1/16/26

. . . [he] told USA TODAY he stopped taking flu shots in 2005 because of his concerns about side effects, including suspicions about what damaged his voice.

Kennedy, 71, said he got annual flu shots through the mid-1990s. But he said he gave them up for good in 2005 as he became more aware of possible side effects.

Kennedy’s speech often sounds strained and broken from a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, also called laryngeal dystonia. He said he couldn’t prove a flu vaccine caused his condition, but that it was one potential reason.

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He gave absolutely no reason or evidence to think it's a risk factor for his or anyone's voice condition.

Sort of like:
  I'm totally fucked up
  I had flu shots
  Therefore flu shots made me totally fucked up

ETA I'm not saying a voice condition makes one fucked up; it's one of the least of his problems. That he's totally fucked up cognitively is not in doubt.