On Sunday, Kennedy blamed Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for “mismanaging” the Covid-19 pandemic. More recent research suggests that Covid-19 vaccines have continued to show benefits, even as population immunity levels grow and the virus becomes less novel. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines underwent the most intensive safety analysis in U.S. history,” the CDC says. States typically decide which vaccines are required for school attendance, but Covid-19 vaccines are not on any of these lists. According to an analysis by emergency physician Dr. Jeremy Faust, there were typically about 1,600 ICU beds in New York City before the Covid-19 pandemic.