What is wrong with Robert Kennedy Jr voice condition? The anti-vaccine advocate voice goes into periods of spasm, just like a person with Parkinson’s speaks.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an environmental lawyer, author and currently has emerged as an anti-vaccine advocate.
The American is the son of Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
The environmental lawyer is the founder of Waterkeeper Alliance and has served the non-profit as the president before.
Similarly, he has worked as an attorney for non-profit organisations like Natural Resource Defense Council and Hudson Riverkeeper.
The 67-year-old was born on January 17, 1954, in Washington, D.C, and has given much of his life working towards the environment.
However, the 67 year -old is well known for advocating against vaccines. Robert is all over the news currently due to his strong views against the covid-19 vaccine.
Kennedy has always been against vaccines as in 2005, he once intensely advocated the scientific-discredited theory that vaccine causes Autism.
The renowned anti-vaxxer is the founder and chairman of an anti-vaccine advocacy group called Children’s Health Defense.
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Is Robert Kennedy Jr Sick? Voice Condition And Illness
Robert Kenendy Jr is not exactly sick.
However, he has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia. People started noticing his illness after his interview with Larry King in 2009.
Spasmodic dysphonia is considered one of the rarest disorders in the world, which causes its victim voice to break down after a few sentences.
It only affects 0.02 per cent of the total population and usually happens to people aged 20 to 50 years old.
As pert Robert, he was first diagnosed with the condition when he was 43 years old.
Since then, he has been getting botox shots into his voice box every fourth month.
However, there isn’t much significant improvement in his voice which has made his voice hard to understand and dissect properly.
Does Robert Kennedy Jr Have Parkinsons?
Robert Kennedy Jr period of spasm in his vocal delivery has made people confused with Parkinson’s.
Robert’s spasm is the result of spasmodic dysphonia, not Parkinson’s’ disease.
The 67-year-old is healthy and active usually than people of his age.
However they both are neurological disorders, but spasmodic dysphonia only affects the larynx muscles, causing involuntary spasms of speech delivery.
It makes the voice sound strained, causing the people’s speech delivery to break down.
Parkinson’s, on the other hand, made the victims lose command over their body movements.
It affects their motor system, not the voice system like spasmodic dysphonia.
So, we are 100% sure that Kennedy Jr does not have Parkinson’s at all.
Looking at his videos, there aren’t any involuntary movements of his body whatsoever.
