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This isn’t an authentic video of RFK Jr. promoting a diabetes cure
"Oh, God," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to say, sighing, at the beginning of a video spreading on social media. "I can’t believe I’m saying this. But I want every diabetic including you to know this."
He goes on to make a claim about a purported diabetes cure.
But there is no such cure, and the video is altered.
A Jan. 27 Facebook post sharing it was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)
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The original footage of Kennedy comes from an episode of his podcast posted Aug. 9, 2024, on YouTube. The guest was U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and although they discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, they didn’t mention diabetes.
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Some of the purported audio from Kennedy in the Facebook video has been used elsewhere in other altered videos in which he appears to hawk a diabetes cure.
Efforts to find a diabetes cure continue, but none exists so far. yet.
We rate claims this is an authentic video showing Kennedy promoting a diabetes cure False.
Our Sources
Facebook post, Jan. 27, 2025
YouTube, RFK Jr. Podcast: Rand Paul, Aug. 9, 2024
Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Researchers Move Closer to a Cure for Diabetes, Dec. 10, 2024
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