A Free Now Foundation Exclusive
In the wake of Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s “shock and awe” blitz on the health establishment, both extremes of the medical spectrum are scrambling to claim betrayal. On one end, purists in the medical freedom movement rage at his strategic restraint and refusal to speak in absolutes. On the other, legacy media mouthpieces and pharmaceutical loyalists suddenly find themselves unironically defending fluoridated tap water and petroleum-based food dyes. While they shout from their respective corners, Secretary Kennedy is busy reshaping the entire playing field.
Kennedy’s first two months as Secretary of Health and Human Services have been nothing short of historic. No HHS secretary in American history has made this many high-impact moves in such a short time, and the consequences are reverberating through every corner of the health policy landscape. Let’s run through his most impactful accomplishments.
- COVID Vaccine Development Stopped
The Kennedy HHS halted funding and progress on an oral COVID-19 vaccine, which had received $240 million under the previous administration.
That money won’t be shoveled into another rushed platform. Instead, Kennedy is redirecting funds toward prevention by making a healthier America, not just emergency-use Band-Aids.
- Overhaul of FDA Advisory Committees
In a deliciously bold move, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, under Secretary Kennedy’s direction, announced that pharmaceutical employees and those with financial ties to regulated industries would no longer serve as members of FDA advisory committees. Instead, pharma reps can attend meetings as public commenters–just like you and me–but they will no longer cast votes on product approvals.
This decision should restore some credibility to regulatory review and reflects our longstanding public demand for conflict-of-interest reform. For years, medical freedom advocates have pointed to the incestuous relationship between FDA gatekeepers and the very corporations they regulate.
- NIH Cancels 40 Vaccine Hesitancy Research Grants
On March 12, the NIH announced the cancellation of over 40 research grants related to “vaccine hesitancy” and “misinformation,” many of which were viewed as thinly veiled efforts to surveil or censor dissenting voices. To grasp just how bloated this censorship apparatus had become, consider this: a PubMed search for the phrase “vaccine hesitancy” returns over 7,700 studies—an entire academic cottage industry built around smearing concerned parents.
For those who need it spelled out: he’s dismantling the vaccine injury censorship-industrial complex. For decades, federal funds have quietly been funneled into social engineering schemes to pathologize skepticism. Vaccine trust can’t be engineered anymore; it must be earned.
- White House Orders Research on Detransition and Trans Regret
At the request of the White House and Secretary Kennedy, HHS will now support first-of-its kind research into the long-term outcomes of medical gender transitions, including the experiences of detransitioners and individuals who regret undergoing hormone or surgical interventions–many of whom are on the autism spectrum.
In a landscape dominated by ideological capture, this move is seismic. For the first time, the government is acknowledging the casualties of medical groupthink; kids who were rushed down a path with irreversible consequences and no safety net.
- CDC to End Fluoride Recommendations for Public Water
Secretary Kennedy has instructed the CDC to halt its longstanding recommendation that local governments add fluoride to public drinking water. A task force is being formed to study the science surrounding fluoridation’s potential neurodevelopmental impacts.
At a recent press conference Kennedy said, “The evidence against fluoride is overwhelming. In animal models and in human models we know that it causes profound IQ loss. It makes no sense to have it in our water supply.”
The millions of people who’ve spent years questioning why a known neurotoxin is dosed through the water supply are finally vindicated and this issue is seeing the scientific daylight it has always deserved.
- Autism Study Ordered by CDC
Following the release of CDC data showing that 1 in 31 children (1 in 20 boys) are now diagnosed with autism, Secretary Kennedy held a press conference committing to discovering the environmental causes of this epidemic.
He announced that the CDC will conduct a comprehensive study into potential associations between vaccination and autism, despite ongoing controversy. For the first time in modern history, the federal government will investigate rather than deny the question. If that sounds revolutionary, that’s because it is. “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures,” Kennedy said.
- Operation Stork Speed: Cleaning Up Baby Formula
Kennedy launched Operation Stork Speed to overhaul safety standards for infant formula. The initiative mandates testing for heavy metals, perchlorates, and other contaminants, and calls for reformulating nutritional content to match human breastmilk more closely.
This isn’t cosmetic reform. This is a direct response to generations of children being force-fed neurotoxins in their most vulnerable developmental window.
- FDA and HHS Begin Food Dye Removal Process
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the FDA has initiated proceedings to remove artificial food dyes from the American food supply. These dyes, long-banned in Europe, have been linked to behavioral issues in children. Speaking about food manufacturers Kennedy said, “If they want to eat petroleum, they ought to add it themselves, at home.”
The petrochemical industry may not like it, but American parents have been begging for this since the 1990s. This move isn’t just about dyes. Secretary Kennedy is setting fire to the FDA’s rubber-stamp culture of “generally recognized as safe.”
- SNAP Reform: Soda and Junk Food Under Review
In coordination with the USDA, Kennedy is backing state-level efforts to remove soda, candy, and other ultra-processed foods from SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) eligibility.
For too long, taxpayer dollars have subsidized corporate diabetes in the name of hunger relief. Kennedy is dragging the SNAP program into the realm of metabolic sanity.
- Cell Phone Restrictions in Schools
Kennedy has endorsed policies that restrict cell phone use in schools, citing impacts on attention, behavior, and mental health. Several states have since introduced or passed legislation aligning with this position.
This is what it looks like when HHS cares about kids as whole human beings, not just vessels for pharmaceutical uptake. Kennedy is recognizing that mental health can also be an environmental condition.
- Suspension of Flu Vaccine Ad Campaign
In a controversial but strategic move, Kennedy halted the CDC’s flu shot marketing campaign earlier this year. The campaign was set to roll out aggressive television, print, and digital advertising but was paused pending an internal review.
This was a rebuke to the entire culture of coercive marketing dressed up as public health. Kennedy is asserting a new standard: educate, don’t manipulate.
- Removal of FDA Vaccine Chief Who Obstructed Transparency
Secretary Kennedy facilitated the departure of Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, who had resisted granting full access to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Marks expressed concerns that Kennedy’s team might “write over it or erase the whole database,” reflecting a deep mistrust of efforts to scrutinize vaccine safety data. Marks’ reluctance to allow independent analysis of VAERS data, coupled with his dismissive attitude toward individuals reporting vaccine injuries, highlighted his habits of hiding the truth and talking down to the public.
Kennedy’s decision to remove Marks signaled a commitment to dismantling the human barriers that have long shielded vaccine safety data from public scrutiny.
- Considering Removal of COVID-19 Vaccine from Childhood Immunization Schedule
In a move that underscores his commitment to reevaluating vaccine policies, Secretary Kennedy appears to be contemplating removing the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC’s recommended childhood immunization schedule.
“The recommendation for children was always dubious, and it was dubious because kids had almost no risk for Covid-19,” Kennedy told Fox News’ Jesse Watters. “Some kids, some certain kids that had very profound morbidities, may have a slight risk. Most kids don’t.”
This move is a significant step toward restoring parental autonomy and ensuring that vaccine recommendations are grounded in rigorous, transparent science rather than the whims of a vaccine advisory committee.
- Creation of the Administration for a Healthy America
Perhaps the most transformative accomplishment so far is the establishment of a new HHS sub-agency: the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). AHA is designed to unite multiple fragmented health programs under one mission: ending chronic disease.
This is the moonshot. For the first time in U.S. history, a federal agency is treating chronic illness as a solvable problem, not a lifelong profit center. If Kennedy succeeds here, it will be the most profound shift in public health since clean water.
A New Era at HHS
These first two months weren’t just a break from the past; they were a shot across the bow of every institution that has profited from chronic illness, regulatory capture, and public deception. Kennedy isn’t here to tinker with broken systems. He’s here to dismantle them, rewire the circuitry, and build something that actually serves human health.
The machine is rattling. Agencies that once operated in the shadows are being dragged into daylight. Every move so far has laid the foundation for something bigger: a reckoning with the toxic legacy of modern medicine and a blueprint for the next generation of public health—one grounded in clean food, honest science, and medical freedom.
This is the beginning of the end for business-as-usual. And if this is what Kennedy can do in sixty days, imagine what the next six months will look like. The real battle isn’t behind us. He’s just getting started.
Levi Quackenboss arrived on the medical freedom scene in 2015, launching one of the most viral blogs in the history of the movement. Whether it's distilling the science, explaining legal strategy, or motivating thousands of people to carry out calls to actions, LQ can be counted on to tackle issues with ferocity and humor.
Yours is a stimulating tribute to the dedication of a hero!!
Fabulous! [email protected] salutes you, Free Now Foundation!! <3
Best and most revealing, articulate, hopeful and powerful anthem contributing to positive change in our world that I have read in a long time. spot on. We are moving into the age of American Health Enlightenment from the Medieval Medical Dark Ages. Go HHS Secretary Kennedy. Your ancestors are proud. Let Rockefeller and his mercenary legions squirm in their grave.
You are going a Great Job. Now, if you could research the dangers of G4 and G5 Electrical Grids that would be good. So many side-effects. Possible Cancer being one of them. Thanks for caring.
Thanks for summarizing these accomplishments.
It’s great to see all the progress, whether that of RFK’s doing or elsewhere in the new administration. I cannot escape the thought though, that while unethical and most often illegal deeds have been performed on a massive / unseen scale, nobody (seemingly?) is being prosecuted. It appears that without that, the process will be unfinished, even compromised.
I trust that you will get to the core and that will be to address root issues—and demand accountability. People need to pay for the massive evil committed against humanity. Start with Bill Gates…Fauci!
I feel a tremendous sigh of relief knowing we finally have someone who’s watching out for the American people’s health with common sense and regard for our right to medical freedom of choice, while keeping an eye on proper research. God bless Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.