COVID Made McDonald's a Public Health Savior

An order of french fries for rolling up your sleeve for a jab? Funded by taxpayer dollars, this partnering up in the 'fight against COVID' is insulting and misleading.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enlisted McDonald’s to promote its COVID-19 public health education campaign

• McDonald’s produces and promotes some of the unhealthiest ultraprocessed food on the planet — food that likely played a role in making COVID-19 outcomes worse

• The joint initiative debuted May 2021 and include…