RFKjr Tapped to Head HHS

[Anonymous]

As someone with a PhD in public health, I am furious !! 😤

You should all be too. The Federal agency that protects our health is not some payoff that Donald Trump can give to an unstable Kennedy, in exchange for his endorsement.

Do you understand that this will be Trumps tactic for everything. What can he trade with even foreign leaders in order to gain a personal benefit.

He does not own our Federal agencies. The Congress had better step up. (But all if those with ethics or balls are gone I fear.)

(You have handed the keys to our kingdom to a stupid, corrupt narcissist.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this is what I read: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-robert-f-kennedy-make-america-healthy-again/

Thank you! I think if you decoupled this from Trump, many would agree with these positions.

[Anonymous]

We really should stop subsidizing crap food. Kids and adults should stop eating processed food and sugar. They should be banned from schools and hospitals. We should encourage lots of exercise and eating veggies and other unprocessed foods.

Most Americans suffer many more years of chronic illnesses than necessary because they eat too much crap and don’t exercise enough.

Too bad Trump doesn’t actually care about improving America’s health. He just wants to eat McDonald’s and prosecute his enemies and stay rich and be loved. So, nothing will change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that thinks anything that affects corporate bottom line is going to be banned, is delusional.

They'll do some performative nonsense. Vaccines aren't money makers, so that will probably go. A bunch of people, especially kids, will be hurt from vaccine preventable illnesses. America will be great at burying our young due to superstition and pseudoscience once again!

Kind of like the guaranteed genocide of Black and Brown children when masks were no longer mandated in schools that never happened? The COVID response has millions of Americans who never questioned public health policy now really pissed off.

Where are you getting the quote about “genocide” from? A federal official said that? Please show me the proof.

The only reason Republicans are questioning public health guidance is because Trump did not want the stock market to tank due to shutdowns in 2020 and hurt his electoral chances. He sowed distrust and encouraged people to ignore public health officials because he thought it would benefit him personally. That’s it.

No federal official said this that I'm aware of. It was used as constant fodder on Twitter from pro-mask advocates and teachers in DC who wanted to keep masks on in schools.

DP. There’s also this:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED624084.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can I read some real information on RFK's positions, not just "zOMG vaccine skeptic."

Search RFK whale.

RFK bear.

RFK brain worm..

RFK fluoride.

He has no qualms about questioning policies based upon hundreds of studies that he could never even read, based upon whims or quacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who’s up next for a cabinet position: the pillow guy?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone with a PhD in public health, I am furious !! 😤

You should all be too. The Federal agency that protects our health is not some payoff that Donald Trump can give to an unstable Kennedy, in exchange for his endorsement.

Do you understand that this will be Trumps tactic for everything. What can he trade with even foreign leaders in order to gain a personal benefit.

He does not own our Federal agencies. The Congress had better step up. (But all if those with ethics or balls are gone I fear.)

(You have handed the keys to our kingdom to a stupid, corrupt narcissist.)

A significant portion of the population has lost faith in these institutions and credentialed expertise. You can blame social media, misinformation, etc., but ultimately, some blame must be placed on the institutions and the people who have been running them for the last couple of decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We really should stop subsidizing crap food. Kids and adults should stop eating processed food and sugar. They should be banned from schools and hospitals. We should encourage lots of exercise and eating veggies and other unprocessed foods.

Most Americans suffer many more years of chronic illnesses than necessary because they eat too much crap and don’t exercise enough.

Too bad Trump doesn’t actually care about improving America’s health. He just wants to eat McDonald’s and prosecute his enemies and stay rich and be loved. So, nothing will change.

Yes, and this requires more regulations, and employees to that, which is opposite of what Republicans want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that thinks anything that affects corporate bottom line is going to be banned, is delusional.

They'll do some performative nonsense. Vaccines aren't money makers, so that will probably go. A bunch of people, especially kids, will be hurt from vaccine preventable illnesses. America will be great at burying our young due to superstition and pseudoscience once again!

Kind of like the guaranteed genocide of Black and Brown children when masks were no longer mandated in schools that never happened? The COVID response has millions of Americans who never questioned public health policy now really pissed off.

Where are you getting the quote about “genocide” from? A federal official said that? Please show me the proof.

The only reason Republicans are questioning public health guidance is because Trump did not want the stock market to tank due to shutdowns in 2020 and hurt his electoral chances. He sowed distrust and encouraged people to ignore public health officials because he thought it would benefit him personally. That’s it.

No federal official said this that I'm aware of. It was used as constant fodder on Twitter from pro-mask advocates and teachers in DC who wanted to keep masks on in schools.

Then it wasn’t public health policies. It was randos on Twitter. Why are you bringing it up?

Not randos on Twitter -- union officials, teachers, community organizers in my city. But go ahead and ignore the connection between the guilt, the shame, the accusations of racism and more related to masking and an erosion of trust in our public health system. Decisions on masking and COVID restrictions at the local, state and federal level were ABSOLUTELY swayed by this type of bullying, especially when you consider the general BLM/DEI mindset sweeping the country at the same time as COVID. Your dismissive attitude to what people are actually upset about (and why they end up supporting a kook like RFK jr) is why Democrats lost the election, but go off.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will he even get confirmed?

Of course you think those spineless politicians want to lose their jobs? Trump has the Senate and the House.

[Anonymous]

If he gets rid of the FDA’s vaccines process, will that make vaccines hard to get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone with a PhD in public health, I am furious !! 😤

You should all be too. The Federal agency that protects our health is not some payoff that Donald Trump can give to an unstable Kennedy, in exchange for his endorsement.

Do you understand that this will be Trumps tactic for everything. What can he trade with even foreign leaders in order to gain a personal benefit.

He does not own our Federal agencies. The Congress had better step up. (But all if those with ethics or balls are gone I fear.)

(You have handed the keys to our kingdom to a stupid, corrupt narcissist.)

A significant portion of the population has lost faith in these institutions and credentialed expertise. You can blame social media, misinformation, etc., but ultimately, some blame must be placed on the institutions and the people who have been running them for the last couple of decades.

Why? what did they actually do except defend against the lies that are thrown at them constantly by idiots?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At first glance this is terrifying, but maybe a choice over what you put in your body, major crackdowns on all the stuff in our food supply that is slowly killing us and a big f*ck you to big Pharma could be a good thing? The man is crazy but some good things could happen.

Big Pharma is afraid of him. Good.

As someone who has a chronic illness, I love big pharma. Without the drugs I take I will likely die 10-15 years earlier.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone with a PhD in public health, I am furious !! 😤

You should all be too. The Federal agency that protects our health is not some payoff that Donald Trump can give to an unstable Kennedy, in exchange for his endorsement.

Do you understand that this will be Trumps tactic for everything. What can he trade with even foreign leaders in order to gain a personal benefit.

He does not own our Federal agencies. The Congress had better step up. (But all if those with ethics or balls are gone I fear.)

(You have handed the keys to our kingdom to a stupid, corrupt narcissist.)

A significant portion of the population has lost faith in these institutions and credentialed expertise. You can blame social media, misinformation, etc., but ultimately, some blame must be placed on the institutions and the people who have been running them for the last couple of decades.[/quote

Why? what did they actually do except defend against the lies that are thrown at them constantly by idiots?

What lies?

[Anonymous]

Didn't RFK have something to do with the measles outbreak in Samoa that killed a bunch of children?