Robert F Kennedy Jr has left social media users scratching their heads after the Health and Human Services secretary nominee was recorded administering droplets of a mysterious blue liquid into his drink on board a flight.
RFK Jr, a known vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, was filmed administering several pipette-fuls of the Cobolt blue-colored liquid into his glass.
The video emerged on Wednesday as the 72-year-old awaits Senate confirmation to be the nation’s top health official. He is not seen drinking the liquid in the clip and his destination and the date of his departure was not immediately clear.
The clip garnered millions of views across X and Reddit in less than 24 hours, leading to speculation about the substance.
The prevailing theory from internet sleuths is that he was administering a dye called Methylene blue.
“RFK Jr putting Methylene Blue in his water while flying is prime we’re so back,” one person tweeted. A second wrote: “Looks like RFK Jr. is in on one of the best-kept secrets in biohacking – Methylene Blue.”
The Independent could not verify any of the social media user’s claims and has contacted RFK Jr and the White House for more information.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, the medication is used for the management and treatment of methemoglobinemia, a rare condition in which hemoglobin decreases its ability to carry oxygen throughout the body.
It is typically administered intravenously, with ProvayBlue’s injection claiming to be the first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Misinformation about methylene blue in its dye form – often used as a disinfectant to clean out fish tanks – has garnered attention on social media.
Celebrities, social media influencers and so-called biohackers have baselessly touted methylene blue as a “miracle drug” to fight cancer, combat aging and cure Covid-19.
The actor Mel Gibson, for example, claimed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that three of his friends who had stage four cancer took a cocktail of alternative medicines – including methylene blue – that helped them become cancer-free.
According to the book The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue by Mark Slogan, the author claims that the medicine has cause to give: “Remarkable Hope for Depression, COVID, AIDS & other Viruses, Alzheimer’s, Autism, Cancer, Heart Disease.”
“Just one dose,” has been shown to improve memory in humans, one biohacking website claims.
