Summary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has a history of extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories about vaccines.

In previously unreported comments at autism conferences, Kennedy likened vaccination programs to Catholic Church abuse scandals and Nazi death camps and argued for jailing vaccine scientists.

He has falsely claimed vaccines cause autism and accused public health agencies like the CDC of corruption and hiding vaccine dangers.

Critics fear his leadership could dismantle vaccine safety efforts, decrease public trust, and disrupt public health policy.

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    promote raw milk (likely infested with H5) to people at the same time as demonizing vaccines. surely that can’t go wrong.

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      When I was a kid, my grandma would send me to a nearby farm to get raw milk. It was then brought to a boil at home, the top skimmed, for making pastries, and then consumed. It was way better tasting than store bought, but it was boiled.

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        I grew up with boiled raw milk too. But there is no control over who does what with it or whether if they boil it enough (some people won’t boil too much because boiling kills the taste and benefits according to them). Between people sticking up other people’s poo up their buttholes and live H5 virus detected in raw milk (180 out of 275 positive for fragments, 39 positive for live), I dont think it is a good time to promote raw milk.

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          Between people sticking up other people’s poo up their buttholes

          What do you have against this?

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            5 days ago

            I am against the DIY version of this and it ties to people attempting to try anything they see on social media without required knowledge because someone says it will solve all their problems.

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              Ah ok. I see what you mean. Cause the science behind it is solid (pun intended). But I agree that people ordering the stuff off of a website and “applying” it in their bathtubs is just weird and wrong.