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Boosted by the discovery of germ theory in the mid-1800s, these departments prevented disease through large-scale projects.

The researchers have been trying trying to find out how some superbugs - dangerous germs that are resistant to antibiotics - get created.

Nicknamed Anthrax Island, it was closed to the public due to contamination caused by germ warfare tests in World War Two.

Kennedy has spent two decades diving so far down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole that he now sounds like he doubts even basic germ theory.

For a man who claims it's time for a "break" in medical research into infectious disease, it was likely an irritating irony to present such a compelling reminder of the validity of germ theory.