If you don't believe in the germ theory, the world is your oyster – or maybe your bathtub.
During the weekend, the best health officer in America, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shared photos on social media of himself completely immersed in the sewerage waters of Rock Creek in Washington, DC. His grandchildren were also depicted with playing in the water.
De Kreek is known for having an overflow problem and is a health risk for everyone in it. The National Park Service, which manages the Rock Creek Park, stops strictly swimming and wading in Rock Creek and the other waterways of the park because of the contamination, in particular “high levels of bacteria”.
A notification on the NPS website recommends “Stay dry, stay safe”, warning “, Rock Creek has high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens who swim, wads and other contact with the water make a danger for human (and pet) health. Protect yourself and your pooge by staying on the creek.
In images that are shared on social media, Kennedy can be seen to become completely under water, including his head, and then to splash around with various of his grandchildren. Kennedy, who has no background in medicine or science, was a long-term lawyer for anti-vaccine before President Trump appointed him as a health secretary. In a book from 2021, Kennedy indicated that he does not believe in the germ theory, the fundamental concept that microscopic pathogens, such as those abundantly in sewerage, are the cause of illness.
