Alex Wong / Alex Wong/Getty Images Allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are desperately trying to raise funding so a comedy movie about the response to the COVID-19 pandemic can be made. Nicole Shanahan, who was vaccine skeptic Kennedy’s running mate during his 2024 presidential campaign, has been pitching to investors in hopes of getting The Rash made, a satirical comedy written by Thumbsucker and Up in the Air author Walter Kirn. According to Politico, one of the characters in the movie is based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, a former Stanford University professor who rose to prominence by speaking out against COVID lockdowns. Bhattacharya, a vaccine critic and close ally of Kennedy, was named acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. Read more at The Daily Beast.