A VIEW INSIDE THE MIND OF RFK JR
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A VIEW INSIDE THE MIND OF RFK JR
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@samlitzinger I believe the technical term for #RFKJr's plans is "batshit crazy." Well, unless the whole point is to undermine #vaccines -- then it makes perfect sense. #PublicHealthMalpractice
#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #TWiV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #mpox #measles #Ebola #avianflu #birdflu #influenza #polio #RSV
TWiV 1216: Clinical update week May 10. 2025
(summary: #RFKjr #rightwing #nazi #lies and #misinformation deliberately killing people)
It took decades for us to reach a place where people were comfortable talking about their autism. Where diagnosis became achievable because awareness & advocacy efforts were so successful. Because a lot of the stigma had been removed.
RFK Jr’s autism “registry” will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & stop being their authentic selves. They will hide their autistic traits.
The cruelty is the point.
"Uproar over surgeon general pick exposes MAHA factions among RFK Jr. allies."
One group of right wing extremists is disagreeing with another group of right wing extremists about an unqualified nominee:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/09/casey-means-rfk-jr-trump-surgeon-general/
#RFKjr is #OneSickPuppy. #SomebodyCall #KristiNoem. #healthcare #politics
Dr Oz says being healthy is a patriotic duty
Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth”
This is the quiet part said out loud.
They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame.
They don’t want to pay.
They aren’t even being subtle anymore. They’re making lists of people with autism. They deride those who can’t work or serve in the military.
“Wise decisions” would be universal healthcare. Universal basic income. Addressing poverty, food deserts and income inequality.
This isn’t “wise decisions”, it’s eugenics.
Under #RFKJr, #HHS is using pseudoscience to undermine #GenderAffirmingCare https://www.genderspecialist.com/blog/exploration-or-erasure-how-the-hhs-report-uses-pseudoscience-to-deny-trans-youth-care
From @roscone on :
This is a really beautiful piece from @mcsweeneys.net about the inherent value of neurodivergent people. #RFKjr is dead wrong in the way he demeans and diminishes people with #autism.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-robert-f-kennedy-jr-who-thinks-my-daughter-is-a-tragedy
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OTD in 2024, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that doctors found a dead worm in his brain https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb #parasitology #politics #RFKJR
From NPR on :
#RFKjr says autism database to use #Medicare, #Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
An #autism tribunal.
Disgusting & dangerous.
#NIH #CMS
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5391310/kennedy-autism-registry-database-hhs-nih-medicare-medicaid
OTD in 2019 relatives of conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr denounced his dangerous misinformation. See his family's experimental home water fluoridation unit used around 1960 https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb #RFKjr #Conspiracy #PublicHealth
'Trump has selected a conspiracy theorist, self-styled Make America Healthy Again ‘wellness influencer’ who is not currently licensed to practice medicine to be the nation’s next Surgeon General.”
REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor?
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic. I don't know her.”
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-126-5825
Anna Merlan writes about #RFKJr's muddled & very strange references last week to "300,000 missing children" *trafficked* by the #Biden Administration, & the ways in which we're experiencing the world's first #BrainRot cabinet w/ #Trump 2.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-cabinet-conspiracies-missing-children-epstein/
OTD in 2024, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that doctors found a dead worm in his brain https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb #parasitology #politics #RFKJR
Vaccine trust is shifting. Now Republicans are increasingly trusting the government on vaccines, while democrats are trending in the opposite direction.
Alarmingly, barely half of Americans are confident in the safety of the covid vax, which maybe doesn't matter since a new one might not be available in time for next fall's surge, thanks to RFK Jr's anti scientific new rules requiring placebo controlled testing of already tested and safe vaccines that have been optimized for current strains.
And, of course, this increasing distrust of the covid vaccine can be directly linked to RFKJr's misinformation and policies, like his false claims that the covid vaccine was not sufficiently tested, and that it requires additional, unethical placebo- controlled testing.
ffs #usa #uspol #canada #cdnpoli #maga #trump #news #MedMastodon #covid #gop #ai #rfkjr #publichealth #science
BREAKING: FDA launches agency-wide AI rollout. Scientific reviews that took days now take minutes. No more busywork, it’s time to act, said Marty Makary. Full deployment by June 30, 2025.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-announces-completion-first-ai-assisted-scientific-review-pilot-and-aggressive-agency-wide-ai #press https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/114472914075013601
OTD in 2024, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that doctors found a dead worm in his brain https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb #parasitology #politics #RFKJR