RFKjr Tapped to Head HHS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

"Experts" in government are just hacks with various degrees. In an era of credentialism and open admit degree programs, those degrees mean less and less. Add in the revolving door of "experts" who cash-in in the private sector, and you have a recipe for pure corruption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not opposed to him. He’s right, Americans are sicker and more unhealthy than other countries because of our food supply and ingredients. This causes sickness where we then rely on big pharmaceuticals to improve. Keeping us sick. I agree though that it won’t be hard to block him because big pharma and the shit food lobby will fight like hell to bounce him out.

He will get in. Dems don’t realize that this issue of crap food and big pharma isn’t partisan.

People are not worried about what he will do to the crap food. They are worried about much needed drugs and vaccines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not opposed to him. He’s right, Americans are sicker and more unhealthy than other countries because of our food supply and ingredients. This causes sickness where we then rely on big pharmaceuticals to improve. Keeping us sick. I agree though that it won’t be hard to block him because big pharma and the shit food lobby will fight like hell to bounce him out.

I agree with him on this, but I have a hard time supporting him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

Experts are still people at the end of the day. They have biases, blindspots, and many are not nearly as intelligent as you might hope. Many are simply closed off to new information, hence the quote: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..."

Then you have to factor in institutional capture and self interest...

Experts haven't exactly been covering themselves in glory of late. Why should we defer to them when it’s so easy to poke holes in their orthodoxy?

Experts have been doing just fine. The frequency of people disagreeing with them on the basis of no evidence has increased, though. This is because a certain person repeatedly sought to benefit himself politically by telling everyone not to trust those experts.

Trump told people to ignore all COVID safety measures so he wouldn’t be stuck with a bad economy in October 2020. Now his voters think they shouldn’t trust the vaccines that make you safer from COVID. It’s that simple.

The reason you all think ivermectin is a miracle cure for COVID is, again, because Trump wanted a way to keep people from staying inside so the economy didn’t sputter. Now you all take horse dewormer for the disease you also claim isn’t a big deal but was created by the Chinese military and Anthony Fauci.

But it’s the experts’ fault you don’t trust basic science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not opposed to him. He’s right, Americans are sicker and more unhealthy than other countries because of our food supply and ingredients. This causes sickness where we then rely on big pharmaceuticals to improve. Keeping us sick. I agree though that it won’t be hard to block him because big pharma and the shit food lobby will fight like hell to bounce him out.

He will get in. Dems don’t realize that this issue of crap food and big pharma isn’t partisan.

No, he won't. Or if he does get confirmed, his efforts will be thwarted. Both of these industries have powerful lobbies and deep pockets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not opposed to him. He’s right, Americans are sicker and more unhealthy than other countries because of our food supply and ingredients. This causes sickness where we then rely on big pharmaceuticals to improve. Keeping us sick. I agree though that it won’t be hard to block him because big pharma and the shit food lobby will fight like hell to bounce him out.

He will get in. Dems don’t realize that this issue of crap food and big pharma isn’t partisan.

No, he won't. Or if he does get confirmed, his efforts will be thwarted. Both of these industries have powerful lobbies and deep pockets.

Everyone should be against these lobbies. It's not a good look to want to poison the food supply for profit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't wait until the stable geniuses at the helm realize issues like obesity are a much bigger problem they realize and that solutions are going to be highly unpalatable.

RFK: why can't people just eat healthy fresh foods? Are they stupid!??

Country: uhhh Mr. Kennedy, you realize most of us are poor and didn't grow up with a silver spoon in our mouths like you, sir. Fresh foods are extraordinarily more expensive than packaged processed foods.

RFK: ok, then we will make processed foods more expensive than healthier foods to change habits.

It'll be funny when they find out to make junk foods more expensive than good healthy stuff, they will need to significantly cut subsidies to farmers who are making way too much corn and soybeans, which are used to make processes junk at reduced costs. Somehow I think all of those red state reps and senators will get mad when they start proposing cutting farm subsidies to make junk foods more expensive.

Except they actually aren’t that expensive. Ground beef is maybe $5 per pound on average. A dozen eggs are conservatively $4 a dozen. Butter is cheap. A pound of ground beef, 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons of butter gets you 1700 “calories” (which are a stupid measure of energy) per day at a daily cost of under $7.50 per day, which is $225 per person ina. 30-day month.

It is expensive .

You don't know anyone poor. Numerous studies have been done on this. Junk food is overwhelmingly less expensive per calorie than healthy food.

Yes, let's eat ground beef omelettes everyday. Oh by the way, you stupidly forgot to account for any kind of fiber, vitamin A, C, D and a whole bunch of other essential minerals. You'd still be unhealthy on a ground beef, buffer, and egg diet, lol.

Again, it’s not expensive. I am close to a group that works on these things professionally. They do clinical studies, but also work with insurance and companies to show cost reduction from healthier eating. Oh? And my diet is basically as listed there, except I am wealthy enough to eat steak instead of the ground beef, though I do also have ground beef. 5.5 years and I’m fine and doing well, reversed diabetes and autoimmune issues with diet alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not opposed to him. He’s right, Americans are sicker and more unhealthy than other countries because of our food supply and ingredients. This causes sickness where we then rely on big pharmaceuticals to improve. Keeping us sick. I agree though that it won’t be hard to block him because big pharma and the shit food lobby will fight like hell to bounce him out.

He will get in. Dems don’t realize that this issue of crap food and big pharma isn’t partisan.

No, he won't. Or if he does get confirmed, his efforts will be thwarted. Both of these industries have powerful lobbies and deep pockets.

Everyone should be against these lobbies. It's not a good look to want to poison the food supply for profit.

Then why does RFK promote raw milk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Per politico, jr going to MAHA! Another day, another meltdown from dcum.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-trump-hhs-secretary-pick-00188617

He says when his uncle was President,
6% of Americans had chronic diseases. Now 60% of Americans have chronic diseases.

Make America healthy again!

I think most of us know America is not healthy and that our crap food and sedentary lifestyles are a problem and cause most of our chronic diseases. The issue is whether RFK Jr. is the best person to change that. He does not have the managerial experience to run a federal agency, and there are serious questions about his mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

Experts are still people at the end of the day. They have biases, blindspots, and many are not nearly as intelligent as you might hope. Many are simply closed off to new information, hence the quote: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..."

Then you have to factor in institutional capture and self interest...

Experts haven't exactly been covering themselves in glory of late. Why should we defer to them when it’s so easy to poke holes in their orthodoxy?

Experts have been doing just fine. The frequency of people disagreeing with them on the basis of no evidence has increased, though. This is because a certain person repeatedly sought to benefit himself politically by telling everyone not to trust those experts.

Trump told people to ignore all COVID safety measures so he wouldn’t be stuck with a bad economy in October 2020. Now his voters think they shouldn’t trust the vaccines that make you safer from COVID. It’s that simple.

The reason you all think ivermectin is a miracle cure for COVID is, again, because Trump wanted a way to keep people from staying inside so the economy didn’t sputter. Now you all take horse dewormer for the disease you also claim isn’t a big deal but was created by the Chinese military and Anthony Fauci.

But it’s the experts’ fault you don’t trust basic science.

Let's keep in mind that during Covid we shut down schools, churches, parks and gyms but kept liquor stores open on the recommendations of experts. That's just the tip of the iceberg of Covid absurdities from the experts btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't wait until the stable geniuses at the helm realize issues like obesity are a much bigger problem they realize and that solutions are going to be highly unpalatable.

RFK: why can't people just eat healthy fresh foods? Are they stupid!??

Country: uhhh Mr. Kennedy, you realize most of us are poor and didn't grow up with a silver spoon in our mouths like you, sir. Fresh foods are extraordinarily more expensive than packaged processed foods.

RFK: ok, then we will make processed foods more expensive than healthier foods to change habits.

It'll be funny when they find out to make junk foods more expensive than good healthy stuff, they will need to significantly cut subsidies to farmers who are making way too much corn and soybeans, which are used to make processes junk at reduced costs. Somehow I think all of those red state reps and senators will get mad when they start proposing cutting farm subsidies to make junk foods more expensive.

Except they actually aren’t that expensive. Ground beef is maybe $5 per pound on average. A dozen eggs are conservatively $4 a dozen. Butter is cheap. A pound of ground beef, 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons of butter gets you 1700 “calories” (which are a stupid measure of energy) per day at a daily cost of under $7.50 per day, which is $225 per person ina. 30-day month.

It is expensive .

You don't know anyone poor. Numerous studies have been done on this. Junk food is overwhelmingly less expensive per calorie than healthy food.

Yes, let's eat ground beef omelettes everyday. Oh by the way, you stupidly forgot to account for any kind of fiber, vitamin A, C, D and a whole bunch of other essential minerals. You'd still be unhealthy on a ground beef, buffer, and egg diet, lol.

Again, it’s not expensive. I am close to a group that works on these things professionally. They do clinical studies, but also work with insurance and companies to show cost reduction from healthier eating. Oh? And my diet is basically as listed there, except I am wealthy enough to eat steak instead of the ground beef, though I do also have ground beef. 5.5 years and I’m fine and doing well, reversed diabetes and autoimmune issues with diet alone.

So your qualification is that you're a mommy blogger, got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

"Experts" in government are just hacks with various degrees. In an era of credentialism and open admit degree programs, those degrees mean less and less. Add in the revolving door of "experts" who cash-in in the private sector, and you have a recipe for pure corruption.

NP - you think government scientists and physicians got their degrees through “open admit” degree program? Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

Experts are still people at the end of the day. They have biases, blindspots, and many are not nearly as intelligent as you might hope. Many are simply closed off to new information, hence the quote: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..."

Then you have to factor in institutional capture and self interest...

Experts haven't exactly been covering themselves in glory of late. Why should we defer to them when it’s so easy to poke holes in their orthodoxy?

Experts have been doing just fine. The frequency of people disagreeing with them on the basis of no evidence has increased, though. This is because a certain person repeatedly sought to benefit himself politically by telling everyone not to trust those experts.

Trump told people to ignore all COVID safety measures so he wouldn’t be stuck with a bad economy in October 2020. Now his voters think they shouldn’t trust the vaccines that make you safer from COVID. It’s that simple.

The reason you all think ivermectin is a miracle cure for COVID is, again, because Trump wanted a way to keep people from staying inside so the economy didn’t sputter. Now you all take horse dewormer for the disease you also claim isn’t a big deal but was created by the Chinese military and Anthony Fauci.

But it’s the experts’ fault you don’t trust basic science.

Let's keep in mind that during Covid we shut down schools, churches, parks and gyms but kept liquor stores open on the recommendations of experts. That's just the tip of the iceberg of Covid absurdities from the experts btw.

Experts like Fauci are corrupted as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

Experts are still people at the end of the day. They have biases, blindspots, and many are not nearly as intelligent as you might hope. Many are simply closed off to new information, hence the quote: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..."

Then you have to factor in institutional capture and self interest...

Experts haven't exactly been covering themselves in glory of late. Why should we defer to them when it’s so easy to poke holes in their orthodoxy?

Experts have been doing just fine. The frequency of people disagreeing with them on the basis of no evidence has increased, though. This is because a certain person repeatedly sought to benefit himself politically by telling everyone not to trust those experts.

Trump told people to ignore all COVID safety measures so he wouldn’t be stuck with a bad economy in October 2020. Now his voters think they shouldn’t trust the vaccines that make you safer from COVID. It’s that simple.

The reason you all think ivermectin is a miracle cure for COVID is, again, because Trump wanted a way to keep people from staying inside so the economy didn’t sputter. Now you all take horse dewormer for the disease you also claim isn’t a big deal but was created by the Chinese military and Anthony Fauci.

But it’s the experts’ fault you don’t trust basic science.

Let's keep in mind that during Covid we shut down schools, churches, parks and gyms but kept liquor stores open on the recommendations of experts. That's just the tip of the iceberg of Covid absurdities from the experts btw.

So you have nothing to refute the argument that Donald Trump purposefully sowed mistrust of public health expertise for political gain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with RFK because I’m so tired of the arrogance of medical professionals telling me what to take, requiring doctors visits, etc. Stop telling me to not do ADHD or weight loss drugs because it’s weak. If there’s a medical reason to not do them, great. But many doctors are so judgmental.

Goddamn those scientists and doctors who know more about science and medicine than me! The Google and WebMD told me about how to treat my condition, therefore I know more than them.

Yes, stick it to all those “experts”

Experts are still people at the end of the day. They have biases, blindspots, and many are not nearly as intelligent as you might hope. Many are simply closed off to new information, hence the quote: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..."

Then you have to factor in institutional capture and self interest...

Experts haven't exactly been covering themselves in glory of late. Why should we defer to them when it’s so easy to poke holes in their orthodoxy?

Experts have been doing just fine. The frequency of people disagreeing with them on the basis of no evidence has increased, though. This is because a certain person repeatedly sought to benefit himself politically by telling everyone not to trust those experts.

Trump told people to ignore all COVID safety measures so he wouldn’t be stuck with a bad economy in October 2020. Now his voters think they shouldn’t trust the vaccines that make you safer from COVID. It’s that simple.

The reason you all think ivermectin is a miracle cure for COVID is, again, because Trump wanted a way to keep people from staying inside so the economy didn’t sputter. Now you all take horse dewormer for the disease you also claim isn’t a big deal but was created by the Chinese military and Anthony Fauci.

But it’s the experts’ fault you don’t trust basic science.

Let's keep in mind that during Covid we shut down schools, churches, parks and gyms but kept liquor stores open on the recommendations of experts. That's just the tip of the iceberg of Covid absurdities from the experts btw.

Experts like Fauci are corrupted as hell.

You only believe this because Donald Trump did not like that Fauci was telling people to treat the virus seriously, because it meant the stock market might crash on Trump’s watch.