During his presidential campaign, Kennedy developed a national profile for his criticism of the Covid vaccine and childhood immunizations.

Summary

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.

  • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
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    1 hour 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.

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    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.

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours 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

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    Next time ebola breaks out, I half expect him to eat a live bat on TV to prove it doesn’t exist and immediately become patient zero right here

  • greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    This administration is turning out to be one of the most experienced in history. I have extremely high hopes for these picks, the combined knowledge is unheard of, nobody could imagine all of these top individuals.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Ban floride testing of the water, there’s no treatment used in mass water to remove all natural occurring floride.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 hours 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.

  • Valthorn@feddit.nu
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    6 hours ago

    To all you who didn’t vote because “Harris isn’t good either”: You chose this. You let this happen.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Democrats were perfectly capable of enacting electoral reform in the blue states they control, allowing these people who felt unrepresented to be involved and engaged. Some of them might have picked the democrats as their 2nd pick.

      Why did the democrats say no to these easy extra votes? Why did they say no to having multiple chances at defeating the republicans? Why did they prioritize restricting election access to 3rd parties over defeating the republicans?

    • Kalkaline @leminal.space
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      3 hours 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.”

    • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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      5 hours ago

      It’s quite pathetic how so many of these stories have top comments that all blame voters for the decades of compound failures by the Democratic party.

      You have a backwards my friend, voters cannot fail the party. It’s the party job to win voters, but instead, they shed 14 million voters over the last election.

      Remind me, how many users are on Lemmy?

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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        1 hour ago

        “Individuals have no responsibility to be informed or compassionate whatsoever. That’s some corporate fuckheads’ role”

        Why do people keep on insisting on this dumbass bullshit?

        • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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          53 minutes ago

          So just so we’re clear here, you acknowledge that it is “corporate fuckheads” who run the DNC, but insist they aren’t to blame for losing 14m votes.

          In fact, it’s actually my fault, your neighbor’s fault, and anyone of voting age who isn’t employed by the DNC.

      • capital_sniff@lemmy.world
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        1 hour ago

        The Dems put up a good fight. Biden needed to leave earlier. Harris could’ve had an actual answer to what she would’ve done differently. The reality is they were fighting a huge uphill battle. We’ve got an extremely ignorant and uninformed citizenry with little understanding of the functioning of government. I’m talking about Americans a proud and reactionary group of people. There was zero chance after picking Kamala that the Democratic party was going to pivot from their neo-liberal views and what movement they did was towards the center.

        Now that they’ve lost so decisively maybe we’ll see a window to move the party in a progressive direction. Personally I think the Dems need to get back to supporting labor unions. If we are going to “reindustrialize” this country because we are doing war with China then we should want strong labor organization. Get some progressives to run on policies that put people first instead of property and capital.

        That would probably require getting money out of politics. In the meantime focus on continuing to improve the quality of life in blue states and blue cities. As far as the voters they didn’t fail the party they failed the country. We are going to see a bunch of our fellow citizens lose more of their rights.

      • Zexks@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        And when he dissolves elections, like he also said he would, who’s going to win you over then.

        • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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          2 hours ago

          Again, the Democratic party lost this election, not me, or any other voter.

          So while you identified a potential future problem, it feels like you’ve misdiagnosed who’s to blame for that possibility.

      • JakJak98@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        So many downvotes for such an objectively true statement. It’s not “we the party” it’s “we the people” if dems didn’t win that’s objectively the parties fault for not winning us over.