I live in a red state, in a pretty small town. Our public health department is funding with county tax dollars. Yes, it receives other state dollars, and an occasional fed grant.

RFKjr may have the ability to control funding to a certain extent and potentially withhold it if a local public health department is not honoring the federal guidance/policy. But, the problem is that local public health departments are often funded locally and therefore can still exist if Fed or State funding is cut off.

Why is this important?

The public health department locally has a Board of Directors, and I can assure you that, ironically because we are in a conservative State, the Board will be conservative and will not want to risk being wrong about a plandemic and what to do or not do. If the WHO or CDC offer guidance, there is a great risk that the Board will choose to follow that guidance for one reason: LIABILITY.

It's far easier to do what the higher-ups say, and avoid liability ("My grandma died and I am suing the County for not doing what the WHO/CDC recommended"). These officials don't want liability, so they give great authority to the public health Director, and at that point we're all along for the ride of what that one person declares shall be the protocol in a pandemic moment.

I am not sure how everyone else's local public health system works, but I encourage you to understand it and then get out in front of it if necessary by educating the Board and/or public health Director.