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.

  • @[email protected]
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    13615 days ago

    People had no idea how good we had it. Guess we all have to learn the hard lessons again.

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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      8115 days ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        5115 days ago

        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.

      • @wolfpack86
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        214 days ago

        Well, then maybe we will be cured of the republican problem when boomers die and younger conservatives sacrifice their children to their emperor via antivaxxing.

        Nature always finds a way.

    • @Clent
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      6415 days ago

      How presumptuous of you to assume they’ll learn anything.

      • Flying Squid
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        1715 days ago

        They sure didn’t learn anything from the 1940s.

        • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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          13 days ago

          If your referring to the fox trot you are correct. I take the electric slide the best I can

      • @[email protected]
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        714 days ago

        They’ll just blame illegal immigrants for spreading disease, and the liberal Hollywood elite for letting them come here.

      • @APassenger
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        614 days ago

        The only thing to learn from history is that people don’t.

  • @Sanctus
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    11915 days ago

    Hey, kids! Do you want to know what diphtheria is?

    • @[email protected]
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      8315 days ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        1815 days ago

        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

      • Admiral Patrick
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        1215 days ago

        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.

    • @theherk
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      514 days ago

      Wanna see all your countrymen die of cured diseases that end in “ids”?

  • @[email protected]
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    7415 days ago

    We had one good option, one bad option, and one stupid option.

    And somehow ended up with both bad and stupid.

  • kirbowo808
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    4115 days ago

    This is honestly a complete disaster Genuinely can’t believe its actually happening tbh. 2016, but ten times worse.

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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      5315 days ago

      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

      • kirbowo808
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        314 days ago

        Oh same here tbh. We honestly have learned nothing at all from the last time Trump was in power and yet, I’m far more disappointed that my generation (whose supposed to be at the forefront of change) did absolutely nothing to stop this from happening. I’m honestly so angry and disappointed at the same time.

    • @PlantDadManGuy
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      2114 days ago

      At least back in 2016 I could forgive people for just being plain ignorant and not understanding the consequences of their votes, but this time around I really think people are just hateful racist bastards.

  • @njm1314
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    3015 days ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      1015 days ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        514 days ago

        I’m not sure that vaccines are actually profitable without subsidies. They’d probably rather milk their cash cows like price-gouged insulin and trendy medications like ozempic.

        • @[email protected]
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          514 days ago

          Afaik profit is profit whether it’s from subsidies or sales. On top of that, the government gave them grants to develop said vaccines, so r&d was highly discounted… Production of most vaccines as way cheap compared to r&d, so I doubt there is ever any “selling for a loss”. Combine that with state mandates requiring kids to get vaccines before attending school (I’m not saying this is bad… Public health is a good thing), and you have a captive customer base.

        • @[email protected]
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          214 days ago

          Afaik profit is profit whether it’s from subsidies or sales. On top of that, the government gave them grants to develop said vaccines, so r&d was highly discounted… Production of most vaccines as way cheap compared to r&d, so I doubt there is ever any “selling for a loss”. Combine that with state mandates requiring kids to get vaccines before attending school (I’m not saying this is bad… Public health is a good thing), and you have a captive customer base.

      • @[email protected]
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        213 days ago

        I can’t imagine them allowing trump to cut into their profits like that.

        Yeah, that’s not how the dynamic between business and government works under fascism. I would advise you to read about Germany and Italy in the late 1930s/early 1940s

    • The Real King Gordon
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      815 days ago

      Ironically that is trumptards only saving grace. He’s so nacissistic and disloyal he discards his sycophant followers when they are no longer useful.

    • @WaxiestSteam69
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      414 days ago

      I look for Trump to turn on everyone. It’s the only thing he’s consistently done his entire life.

  • @randon31415
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    2914 days ago

    I think it is as good time as any to introduce everyone to the four theives vinegar collective. Their diy drug making system is only as safe as the people using it are careful - but if kennedy running the show, probably be as safe as corporate.

    • @wolfpack86
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      Very few manufacturing facilities for the US would not also carry European approval. Generally speaking you can expect the medication to be as safe as it was before.

      Obviously some firms perform better than others at inspections and not all drugs are in all markets… But it won’t be the wild west.

      • @[email protected]
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        113 days ago

        Why do you have any reason to believe this would stay the same if we remove regulation entirely? Makes no sense.

        • @wolfpack86
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          112 days ago

          Because it would be more complicated to develop US only and EU only variants. Speaking from direct professional experience.

  • @clutchtwopointzero
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    2814 days ago

    Americans will be required to produce health certificates to travel everywhere else

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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      814 days ago

      I hope so. No one should travel without proper protection. It’s like not using a condom with people you don’t know. You may hurt them, or they may hurt you. And by hurt I mean murder them and their families.

  • Kokesh
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    1015 days ago

    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.

  • @Zron
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    112 days ago

    The old money guy who took home a road kill bear for food, and contracted a brain eating parasite, is now running the food and drug administration.

    We’re all gonna die from parasites, aren’t we. The brain worm was just playing dead and wants to infect us all.

  • @Pacattack57
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    Look I don’t know much about food science but I do know your current fda, while doing many good things over the years, let’s by a lot of shit that is illegal in Europe. Just one example is all the dyes like red 40 and yellow 5 that are banned in Europe due to their health effects. Not saying we need a complete over haul but the current fda needs to take a look at what exactly they are allowing in our foods.

    • @Entropywins
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      A scientifically sound and reasonable approach to health and food safety is the exact opposite of what we are discussing here.

      • @Pacattack57
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        Rfk has already walked back his view on vaccinations.