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| RFK Jr. ANTI-VACCINE |
One of the major considerations with RFK Jr. running the U.S. health system is Sen. Mitch McConnell's decision to vote against him for Sec. Health & Human Services. The reason, RFK Jr.'s anti vaccine advocation over the years when the Senator knows just how much the polio vaccine means to children; McConnell had childhood polio. Here's the scenario from The Guardian...
“I’m a survivor of childhood polio,” McConnell said. “In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world. I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures.”
Then, Kennedy replied...
At his confirmation hearing, Kennedy equivocated and said he just wanted to ensure vaccine safety and would not stop vaccines from being available. But he has long peddled conspiracy theories and debunked claims, including that vaccinating babies against measles, mumps and rubella is linked to autism, and had previously said that “no vaccine is safe and effective”.Time calls him, "one of America’s most notorious vaccine skeptics with claims that he "will harm public health and further erode trust in science and medicine." Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said...
“I think it’s a sad day for America’s children. I think it’s a sad day for public health when someone who is a science denialist, conspiracy theorist, and virulent anti-vaccine activist is [leading] the biggest public health agency in the United States.”
RFK Jr.s confirmation by the Senate should be no surprise after the approval of Trump's
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| Trump and 2024 nominee minions |
After RFK Jr. had become HHS Sec., Your Local Epidemiologist asks the question, "What comes next?" The answer, says YLE, is...
"While beyond heartbreaking to those of us who strive for evidence-based medicine, this confirmation is a mile marker: growing mistrust in institutions, changing information landscape thanks to social media, and a growing consensus among Americans that systems are making them sicker."The piece goes on to point out how anti-science hacks like RFK Jr. have thoroughly confused the American public, to the extent they don't know what to believe. And if you pile on the misinformation day after day, the people will begin to believe it. It is the Republican way, and T-rump has and will continue to use the concept to keep the U.S. in the deep unknown. Just look at Florida during the covid pandemic. Gov. Ron DeSantis, along with surgeon general Joseph Ladapo, released a steady stream of lies and misinformation.
RFK Jr.'s most critical aspect is his anti-vaccine stance, and no matter how he formulated it for Congress, he cannot be trusted on this most important issue for the Country's children. Here's the scenario...
Still, despite his promise to a senator that he wouldn’t touch vaccines, RFK Jr. has spent decades sowing doubt in them, and even during his confirmation hearings, he brought up the three-decades-old rumor that vaccines cause autism (they don’t). It’s hard to imagine he’ll stay away.
RFK Jr. is just another of Donald Trump's minions we are going to be forced to deal with, like the others mentioned earlier. So, the question still is, when will we get up from the table and do something about it?
