Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to overhaul parts of the FDA, specifically targeting the agency’s nutrition department, which he claims “are not doing their jobs” and failing to protect public health.
Kennedy, a known opponent of vaccinations and the pharmaceutical industry, said he could “clear out” corruption in health agencies. President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he would give Kennedy significant influence over health policy, though Trump’s campaign denied he would lead HHS.
Experts and family members warn that Kennedy’s anti-vaccine stance could have serious public health repercussions.
People had no idea how good we had it. Guess we all have to learn the hard lessons again.
Those of us who survive it anyway
I’m serious folks, a lot of people died the first term and a lot will die again.
Calling it now:
Bird flu will make the jump this summer. It will be just like The Spanish flu and start at a pig farm in Kansas.
My bet is a poultry farm in Iowa.
How presumptuous of you to assume they’ll learn anything.
They sure didn’t learn anything from the 1940s.
Hey, kids! Do you want to know what diphtheria is?
We’re gonna rediscover all kinds of wonderful words. Polio is a good one, too. Hey, with global warming, we ought to be able to brew up some malaria all across Trump country, right?
You know what, let’s just not have doctors. That will cut healthcare costs really fucking quick.
let’s just not have doctors
Why not? Bunch of liberal elites anyway. Probably Jewish or turning kids trans or something too.
Instead, for a small monthly donation, Pastor Jim can write you a prescription for Jesus! If that doesn’t work, you were a sinner anyway and God wanted you dead. Perfect system, praise be, onwards to greatness America! /S
Hey! I live in trump country, and I voted against him all 3 times as well as his down-ballot cronies.
That said, bring on the malaria. It sounds better than living in trump country.
We had one good option, one bad option, and one stupid option.
And somehow ended up with both bad and stupid.
This is honestly a complete disaster Genuinely can’t believe its actually happening tbh. 2016, but ten times worse.
I think the first term was actually traumatic and we’ve spent four years trying to put it behind us, now he’s back and prepared, with the whole government at his command for at least 2 years. The long term damage is going to be atrocious in every sense of the word.
I’m fucking heartbroken
One of the few saving Graces of this whole thing, is that I know deep down Trump is going to turn on this guy. There’s no way he keeps him around. He served his purpose and now he’s going to dump him.
A lot of Mr brain worms plans would seriously cut into the profits of major pharmaceuticals and agricultural behemoths that are major donors of Trump’s campaign. I can’t imagine them allowing trump to cut into their profits like that.
Ironically that is trumptards only saving grace. He’s so nacissistic and disloyal he discards his sycophant followers when they are no longer useful.
This bodes well for everyone if bird flu makes the jump to humans.
Good news! It already has! (in very isolated cases)
Yeah I’ve been following it and seen that it’s crossed into pigs and onto a pig farmer. CDC’s work is going to become even harder under the new administration.
I really hope all this will hunt the garbage that voted for the orange f*ck. Even if they have the IQ of a pumpkin, they may get this.
