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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken anti-vaccine activist, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Known for promoting debunked claims linking vaccines to autism, Kennedy’s appointment has sparked concerns within federal health agencies, with some FDA staff reportedly considering resignations.

Kennedy, who previously ran for president before endorsing Trump, has hinted at plans to overhaul the FDA, ban fluoride in drinking water, and reduce ultra-processed foods.

His nomination marks a significant potential shift for U.S. public health policy.

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[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 150 points 1 year ago (15 children)

To all you who didn't vote because "Harris isn't good either": You chose this. You let this happen.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 35 points 1 year ago

When kids start dying of Whooping Cough, I'm going to strongly encourage people to post their anger and direct it to not only Republican voters, but also to people who stayed home because "it doesn't matter."

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 97 points 1 year ago

RFK has said "there is no such thing as a safe and effective vaccine".

You voted for this, America.

[–] radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s infuriating how terrible all of these nominees are. Their only goal is to destroy the institutions.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Patriotic red tailed hawk screech

[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make smallpox great again!

[–] hatecoach@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Polio, and Mumps, And Measles, and Rubella, and.... and.... and..

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 1 year ago

Don't forget one of the most effective vaccines of all time against a 99.9999% deadly disease, rabies.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 23 points 1 year ago

This guy is like a Nurgle devotee or something, right?

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t know how he thinks he’ll reduce ultra-processed foods but that’s probably not the worst. Other stuff is 🤮

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In practice what it probably means is removing all the modern preservatives and added vitamins/minerals. Who’s excited to get goiter and pellagra?!

Doing that would also mean a return to traditional preservatives: salt and sugar. Because we don’t have enough of that in the American diet already.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Raw milk (and bird flu) for all!

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on what he means by "ultra-processed", but you can bet that it's probably not a reasonable criteria that he'll be using.

The man isn't rational, and doesn't base his conclusions on sound reasoning.

Note the call to lessen regulations around "raw milk, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine". That's pretty insane.

And I can almost be certain that what they'll do is eliminate funding for snap benefits and school lunches going to what they'll classify as "ultra processed foods", without adjusting funding to account for what they left behind being significantly more expensive. Some definitions of "ultra-processed" include things like "store bought bread", "frozen meals", "soup concentrate", "yoghurt" and "sausage".
Call me cynical, but I think if you apply the stricter work requirements for benefits they always want, while reducing the scope of the benefits to cover fewer things, and almost nothing helpful for the people with the severe time restrictions the work requirements can cause you'll end up seeing people use the benefits far less often, because they give less usable food for the money. Then they'll use that to justify reducing the size of the program even further.

We expect people making school lunches to make hundreds of meals that finish at the same time, to have the meal be nutritionally complete, tasty, and now also not use frozen or premade ingredients. We give them literally $1 for the ingredients for these meals, and maybe another $2 for operational overhead like labor costs and equipment.
Saying you can't use canned tomato sauce, peanut butter, pre-packaged bread or ground meats is basically just cutting funding for feeding children under the guise of not paying for a scary sounding classification of food.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That tweet's a roller coaster.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did any other US residents just get a text from cdc's v-safe program? 👀

[–] punkaccountant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yeeees…out of the blue. Odd coincidence.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all still gonna trust vaccines when the next pandemic hits? Cuz I aint trusting these RFK worm-infested vaccines.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mask your biohazard self if you’re not getting vaccinated for the next 4 years, thanks.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or blue states can start manufacturing their own vaccines. fuck them red states lol, they brought this upon themselves.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I don’t know what about that comment signaled to you that I’d be okay with my family members that live in a red state dying because RFK fucked with vaccines, but I’m not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Where you live is a location, not an ideology.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Has Trump rehired anyone from his previous administration? I know he fired a shit ton of them but I know a few managed to stay on.

Because if this is all new people, it's very telling and I have a feeling it means it's going to be more dangerous and not less.

I feel like the only people who can do anything powerful would be the front line government workers and contractors. If they all quit their jobs en masse on January 20th, it might prevent the new administration from doing even more dangerous shit.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Stephen miller, which is not reassuring.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Lol the whole plan is to fire any government worker that doesn't step into line and replace them with party loyalists.

Every government worker that objects to Trump's Agenda quitting would help that agenda. There's no shortage of cronies willing to do any job for the sake of "Making America Great Again". And it's not like he needs qualified people in these positions. Most of the government agencies, he wants to run into the ground. Easier to get rid of regulations or to privatize that way.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff, I believe. She didn't serve in an office before, but was high-level in his campaign in 2016, 2020, and 2024, so she's around for a long time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Wiles

Didn't just show up with Trump, has done Republican campaigns for a long time.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No betsy devos, yet.

[–] Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

Perfect reason for a strike.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

i think i remember in the debates, maybe it was JaDonald Vance, saying "it is either we choose to rely in science people, or rely on wisdom and common sense Trump has".

this is that wisdom.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

What on Earth is the NIH thinking right now?

I mean, what if an moon landing skeptic took over NASA? It's like that. They literally produce this mountain of evidence and organize this stuff, and... yeah.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Lulz, good job guys!

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like these articles blowing up now is just a way to make people less interested when it eventually has to pass the Senate... manufacturing consent and all that

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What could possibly go wrong ?

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