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Bromance_Rayder on
Science is no longer an exact science.
The psychos are going to kill so many people.
Designer-Contract852 on
In facist America, Kennedys assassinate YOU!
Salty_Size_1918 on
CDC wants to protect humans, this is in direct opposition of the regimes plans.
Lumberguruji on
Article says RFK listens to no one in the CDC, where’s he getting his information from he’s using to make policy?
Grantagonist on
Here’s the salient part:
> “I think that another important thing to ask the secretary is, has he been briefed by a CDC expert on anything, specifically measles, COVID-19, flu? I think that people should ask him that in that hearing,” Daskalakis told Collins, referring to Kennedy testifying before the Senate Finance Committee next week.
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> When Collins asked what Kennedy’s answer to that would be, Daskalakis’ response left her visibly shocked. “The answer is no. No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics… He‘s getting information from somewhere, but that information is not coming from CDC experts,“ Daskalakis said.
>
> “I think the CDC really is a place filled with great scientists and experts,” Daskalakis added. “And I think that if CDC is being characterized as troubled by Secretary Kennedy, I think we have to turn the mirror back to him, because I think that the trouble is emanating mainly from him. I think that the disregard for experts, the clear statement that experts should not be trusted, really makes it seem unlikely that his mission for CDC is to be a bastion of scientific expertise.”
LostWerewolf2375 on
Bill Cassidy, the deciding vote on appointing RFK Jr, acted like the last good Republican. We can all see what that was worth. Even Republican doctors can’t be trusted.
Eridanosvoid on
You mean the guy who said not to take medical advice from him isn’t taking medical advice?
ThatEvanFowler on
>*“Following Monarez’s sudden departure, Kennedy’s number two, deputy Health Secretary Jim O’Neill, will serve as acting director of the CDC.“*
>*“O’Neill previously worked in the Department of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush before moving into the private sector, where he worked with Peter Thiel.“*
Pieces moving around the board.
thrawtes on
I don’t think anyone’s surprised that the people responsible for health policy haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about health policy. They have „better sources“.
After all, the people responsible for intelligence policy have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about intelligence. They have „better sources“.
Not to mention that the people responsible for economic policy have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about economics. They have „better sources“.
Not to mention that the people responsible for cyber security have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about cyber security. They have „better sources“.
Etc.
It’s not surprising that this administration is trying to fire vast swathes of the government given that they are all too eager to throw research from world class scientists and engineers into the circular file in favor of something they read on Facebook.
No_Celery_5373 on
I’m not saying we need a full wall here, but maybe us Canadians need to think about building a big sneeze guard.
KopOut on
If the Dems take back the house, the next two years needs to be spent doing nothing but holding hearings to investigate all this bullshit, and clawing as much power back for Congress as possible.
yorapissa on
Trump put this fellow nut case in power because he knows he’ll distract from Trumps own illegal and immoral endeavors. And don’t forgot, the GOP marched in lock step and let him do it to us.
I was listening to a news report the other day that RFK Jr had influence in Samoa and used that influence to test a theory on vaccines with the population of Samoa that resulted in unnecessary deaths. He’s just as empathy a shell as Trump is.
Different_Force3385 on
“America deserves a CDC that will pursue truth and follow the evidence, not one shackled by the whims of unelected bureaucrats.”
So a CDC that is shackled to the whims of an ELECTED bureaucrat. Or Oligarch to be precise.
Diligent-Engineer428 on
I don’t understand.. When be was growing up his mother would have him vaccinated for Polio, Measles Chicken Pox, Diphtheria and Tuberculosis which kept him healthy through his life. And now he doesn’t want vaccines, etc for you and your children. They want families to starve and live in tin sheds. And bring us into another Depression Era
This administration is out to kill us off.
reallymt on
The US saw the highest amount of measles cases in 33 years, and I think 3 deaths in 2025. I’m not shocked at all by any of this. We are voting stupidity into the government.
AnohtosAmerikanos on
I can’t imagine being so colossally arrogant that I simply ignore the advice of not just one scientific expert, but an entire center of them. He’s killing people because of this.
DustyRegalia on
For everyone who is alarmed by this situation (rightly so) consider what you can do to help counteract the hostility of the HHS.
If you got out of the habit of having respirator masks on hand, buy a box. Wear them when you’re sick, when you know you’ve been around someone who is sick, and when you go to a space that many disabled or vulnerable people need to access like the hospital.
The news has moved on from Covid, bird flu, measles outbreaks etc. You are not going to hear about a newly discovered variant or surprise outbreak. Just treat all infections like they might be serious.
Faux-Foe on
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.
RFK Jr is an undiagnosed serial killer with a disease fetish.
ComprehensiveRiver32 on
“Science is… whatever we want it to be” -Dr. Leo Spaceman
LateThree1 on
Ack well, you guys had a good run! Who knew it would all end like this.
Edit: to be clear, I am being sarcastic! This shit is insane. I wish you all luck.
twofourfourthree on
RFK just openly sentencing people to death and disability with zero consequences. Crazy.
FollowingNo4648 on
I couldn’t even schedule a COVID shot for me and my kid. We aren’t eligible, apparently and now I need an RX from a doctor for my kid to get one. We are so fucked indeed.
BeastInDarkness on
>“**If there are any adults left in the White House**, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired“
So … the thing is…
Seamus32 on
So republicans want people to have more babies, they just don’t give a shit if those babies live to see their first birthday, got it.
freakincampers on
RFK believes in eugenics, that superior genes will prevail, that vaccines allow those with weak genes to prosper. He said it with chickens, that we shouldn’t treat chickens, to let bird flu wipe out the weaker chickens, and to breed the surviving superior chickens.
That is likely the explanation why he is so anti-vaccine.
Spunge14 on
With guys like RFK, I can’t help but wonder – is it bad faith? Or is the guy just absolutely and totally nuts?
I earnestly don’t know which is worse. If the system is so fucked that even in one of the most politically stable empires to ever exist, a complete crackpot could rise to his level of influence and authority. Or if some people are so sociopathic that they could put on the act he’s putting on, while making perfect chess moves all the way to the top.
It’s almost certainly the former, but the amount of nihilism that engenders in me feels limitless.
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Because fuck The Daily Beast and their ad/subscription revenue.
Science is no longer an exact science.
The psychos are going to kill so many people.
In facist America, Kennedys assassinate YOU!
CDC wants to protect humans, this is in direct opposition of the regimes plans.
Article says RFK listens to no one in the CDC, where’s he getting his information from he’s using to make policy?
Here’s the salient part:
> “I think that another important thing to ask the secretary is, has he been briefed by a CDC expert on anything, specifically measles, COVID-19, flu? I think that people should ask him that in that hearing,” Daskalakis told Collins, referring to Kennedy testifying before the Senate Finance Committee next week.
>
> When Collins asked what Kennedy’s answer to that would be, Daskalakis’ response left her visibly shocked. “The answer is no. No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics… He‘s getting information from somewhere, but that information is not coming from CDC experts,“ Daskalakis said.
>
> “I think the CDC really is a place filled with great scientists and experts,” Daskalakis added. “And I think that if CDC is being characterized as troubled by Secretary Kennedy, I think we have to turn the mirror back to him, because I think that the trouble is emanating mainly from him. I think that the disregard for experts, the clear statement that experts should not be trusted, really makes it seem unlikely that his mission for CDC is to be a bastion of scientific expertise.”
Bill Cassidy, the deciding vote on appointing RFK Jr, acted like the last good Republican. We can all see what that was worth. Even Republican doctors can’t be trusted.
You mean the guy who said not to take medical advice from him isn’t taking medical advice?
>*“Following Monarez’s sudden departure, Kennedy’s number two, deputy Health Secretary Jim O’Neill, will serve as acting director of the CDC.“*
>*“O’Neill previously worked in the Department of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush before moving into the private sector, where he worked with Peter Thiel.“*
Pieces moving around the board.
I don’t think anyone’s surprised that the people responsible for health policy haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about health policy. They have „better sources“.
After all, the people responsible for intelligence policy have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about intelligence. They have „better sources“.
Not to mention that the people responsible for economic policy have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about economics. They have „better sources“.
Not to mention that the people responsible for cyber security have openly admitted they haven’t taken 5 minutes to listen to the experts we pay to know things about cyber security. They have „better sources“.
Etc.
It’s not surprising that this administration is trying to fire vast swathes of the government given that they are all too eager to throw research from world class scientists and engineers into the circular file in favor of something they read on Facebook.
I’m not saying we need a full wall here, but maybe us Canadians need to think about building a big sneeze guard.
If the Dems take back the house, the next two years needs to be spent doing nothing but holding hearings to investigate all this bullshit, and clawing as much power back for Congress as possible.
Trump put this fellow nut case in power because he knows he’ll distract from Trumps own illegal and immoral endeavors. And don’t forgot, the GOP marched in lock step and let him do it to us.
I was listening to a news report the other day that RFK Jr had influence in Samoa and used that influence to test a theory on vaccines with the population of Samoa that resulted in unnecessary deaths. He’s just as empathy a shell as Trump is.
“America deserves a CDC that will pursue truth and follow the evidence, not one shackled by the whims of unelected bureaucrats.”
So a CDC that is shackled to the whims of an ELECTED bureaucrat. Or Oligarch to be precise.
I don’t understand.. When be was growing up his mother would have him vaccinated for Polio, Measles Chicken Pox, Diphtheria and Tuberculosis which kept him healthy through his life. And now he doesn’t want vaccines, etc for you and your children. They want families to starve and live in tin sheds. And bring us into another Depression Era
This administration is out to kill us off.
The US saw the highest amount of measles cases in 33 years, and I think 3 deaths in 2025. I’m not shocked at all by any of this. We are voting stupidity into the government.
I can’t imagine being so colossally arrogant that I simply ignore the advice of not just one scientific expert, but an entire center of them. He’s killing people because of this.
For everyone who is alarmed by this situation (rightly so) consider what you can do to help counteract the hostility of the HHS.
If you got out of the habit of having respirator masks on hand, buy a box. Wear them when you’re sick, when you know you’ve been around someone who is sick, and when you go to a space that many disabled or vulnerable people need to access like the hospital.
The news has moved on from Covid, bird flu, measles outbreaks etc. You are not going to hear about a newly discovered variant or surprise outbreak. Just treat all infections like they might be serious.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.
RFK Jr is an undiagnosed serial killer with a disease fetish.
“Science is… whatever we want it to be” -Dr. Leo Spaceman
Ack well, you guys had a good run! Who knew it would all end like this.
Edit: to be clear, I am being sarcastic! This shit is insane. I wish you all luck.
RFK just openly sentencing people to death and disability with zero consequences. Crazy.
I couldn’t even schedule a COVID shot for me and my kid. We aren’t eligible, apparently and now I need an RX from a doctor for my kid to get one. We are so fucked indeed.
>“**If there are any adults left in the White House**, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired“
So … the thing is…
So republicans want people to have more babies, they just don’t give a shit if those babies live to see their first birthday, got it.
RFK believes in eugenics, that superior genes will prevail, that vaccines allow those with weak genes to prosper. He said it with chickens, that we shouldn’t treat chickens, to let bird flu wipe out the weaker chickens, and to breed the surviving superior chickens.
That is likely the explanation why he is so anti-vaccine.
With guys like RFK, I can’t help but wonder – is it bad faith? Or is the guy just absolutely and totally nuts?
I earnestly don’t know which is worse. If the system is so fucked that even in one of the most politically stable empires to ever exist, a complete crackpot could rise to his level of influence and authority. Or if some people are so sociopathic that they could put on the act he’s putting on, while making perfect chess moves all the way to the top.
It’s almost certainly the former, but the amount of nihilism that engenders in me feels limitless.