RFK Jr. told Congress, using his own name for emphasis, that Americans should ignore his medical advice—even as he confirmed all his children received vaccines. The May 14 hearing in Washington twisted his anti-vaccine reputation into a spectacle of self-contradiction.

Congressional confusion spiked when Kennedy, dodging vaccine questions, declared his own opinions irrelevant and cited CDC rules in a hearing that trended on political news. The payoff: a health secretary promoting vaccine skepticism yet touting a fully vaccinated family—public irony at its finest.