In a world where the pharmaceutical giants and health officials are seen as protectors of our well-being, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come forth with claims that challenge this belief to its core. A covert meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) back in 2000 — the Simpsonwood conference — brought Big Pharma executives, vaccine scientists, and global health officials together. But this wasn’t your average roundtable discussion on public health.