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According to The New York Times, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a health scare in 2010 believed to be a brain tumor.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor,” the outlet stated.
However, the outlet said the problem was the result of a dead worm in his brain.
#BREAKING: Presidential candidate RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain
— World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) May 8, 2024
Per The New York Times:
Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Mr. Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The New York Times. Mr. Kennedy was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke University Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle, he said.
While packing for the trip, he said, he received a call from a doctor at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who had a different opinion: Mr. Kennedy, he believed, had a dead parasite in his head.
The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition.
WATCH:
NEW: New York Times Reports: RFK Jr. says ,”a worm…got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.” He tells the NYT, the worm was removed and he has recovered. @SaraSidnerCNN@Bakari_Sellers@_JasonOsborne pic.twitter.com/pd9hbLF1j8
— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) May 8, 2024
RFK Jr. made light of The New York Times article.
“I offer to eat 5 more brain worms and still beat President Trump and President Biden in a debate,” he said.
“I feel confident of the result even with a six-worm handicap,” he added.
I feel confident of the result even with a six-worm handicap.
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 8, 2024
The former Democrat’s campaign attempted to assure Americans of his health despite the report of the parasitic worm.
BBC reports:
US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr says he is in “robust health” following reports that he suffered from a brain parasite more than a decade ago.
The New York Times reported that Mr Kennedy also previously suffered from mercury poisoning and heart problems.
Mr Kennedy has made health a key part of his campaign.
He has contrasted his physical fitness with that of Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“Questioning Mr Kennedy’s health is a hilarious suggestion, given his competition,” his campaign said in a statement Wednesday.
“Mr Kennedy travelled extensively in Africa, South America, and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate, and in one of those locations contracted a parasite,” the campaign said.
“The issue was resolved more than 10 years ago, and he is in robust physical and mental health.”
The New York Times report, based on a divorce deposition, said that in 2010 Mr Kennedy experienced severe memory loss and brain fog.
He sought treatment and said in the deposition two years later that a doctor told him the issues could be “caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died”.
Worms do not eat brain tissue, experts say, but the idea is a non-medical or layman’s understanding of what parasites might do if they enter the central nervous system.
