RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S. | Kennedy says the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases has gone up 20 times in six decades. That makes no sense.

>Contrary to Kennedy’s claim, the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases has not increased 20 times over the past six decades. A survey from 1962 puts the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases at 44.5 percent, not the absurdly low number of 3 percent touted by Kennedy.
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>Moreover, it’s foolhardy to make such comparisons over so many decades. The definition of chronic diseases has evolved. At the same time, detection has improved, so it’s also possible the 44.5 percent figure from the early 1960s is too low. Many people in the 1960s had undiagnosed cancer or high blood pressure that eventually killed them.
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>Kennedy earns Four Pinocchios.