Overview
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he sent a letter to Health Minister Nina Warken and posted a video on X, where he misspelled her name as "Workin."
- He claimed more than 1,000 doctors and thousands of patients are being prosecuted for mask or vaccine exemptions, without providing sources for the figures.
- German courts have handled numerous cases involving false mask waivers and counterfeit vaccination records, including a BGH-confirmed sentence and a high-profile Baden-Württemberg conviction with a prison term and professional ban.
- Former health minister Karl Lauterbach rejected the allegations and underscored court independence, while Warken’s ministry called Kennedy’s assertions factually wrong and said prosecutions targeted fraud and forgery.
- Coverage notes Kennedy’s longstanding controversy over vaccines and conspiracy claims as context for his public challenge to Germany’s handling of pandemic-related cases.