Health Secretary RFK Jr. tells CNN's Dana Bash she's 'not a scientist'; she replies: 'You're not either'

On CNN's State of the Union (2 August 2026), Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Dana Bash "you probably don't understand this because you're not a scientist." Bash replied: "You're not either." The exchange came during a vaccine debate as U.S. measles cases hit a 35-year high, exceeding 2,300 this year, per Deadline.