Robert Johnston
Historian and professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, specializing in the history of vaccination controversies in the United States.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 30min
How RFK, Jr.’s beliefs echo a troubling ideology
Robert Johnston, historian of U.S. vaccine debates; Beth Mole, Ars Technica health reporter; Dan Vergano, Scientific American editor. They dissect shifts at HHS, staffing upheavals and policy reversals. They examine rejection of germ theory, terrain-based health claims, wellness rhetoric, and how those ideas intersect with public-health risks and echoes of soft eugenics.
