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In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for those groups. No one from the CDC was in the video, and CDC officials referred questions about the announcement to Kennedy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

U.S. health officials, following recommendations by infectious disease experts, have been urging annual COVID-19 boosters for all Americans ages 6 months and older.

A CDC advisory panel is set to meets in June to make recommendations about the fall shots. Among its options are suggesting shots for high-risk groups but still giving lower-risk people the choice to get vaccinated.

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

My husband and I got Covid last week. Probably the new variant. Our latest booster was 6 months ago. This variant KICKED OUR ASS. We are on week 2 of coughing, wheezing, and feeling extremely tired. Lost a bunch of income from our respective businesses because we were not able to do any work at all.

This was a stark reminder of how important it is to keep up with boosters. I hope that we can find a way to keep getting them, even if that means paying out of pocket or lying.

[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i dont actually trust Kennedy to know anything about health though...

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

lol y'all elected the dude from men in black to lead the fucking health department. bobbly looks like an insect crawled inside him, took over, and is now trying its best to pass as human.

oh, wait

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is not an elected position. We just elected the dumbass who appointed him.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

And the fucking morons who confirmed him.

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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey now, no need to insult my boy Edgar.

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Private Pyle would probably shoot you for that

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (9 children)

This is what happens when the Health Secretary is someone who never actually studied medicine, practiced as a doctor, or even spent time as a nurse.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And doesn’t actually believe germs cause disease. (https://www.youcanknowthings.com/germ-theory-2/ , but grab the quote from his book)

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good news, the Secretary of Defense thinks the same!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are public health and epidemiology degrees that would be more useful for this role than studying medicine (although doing both would be helpful, and many do). Brainworm doesn't have any qualifications so it's immaterial, of course.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

pregnant women

Man, RFK really wants the US to just die out, make sure the next generation is dead or fucked up.

Let's not go to the US, it's a silly place

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[–] badelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's slower than Hitler's gas chambers, but they don't have to deal with the bodies.

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

So many women about to be arrested for murder when their body spontaneously aborts a fetus due to a preventable COVID infection

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Oh the CDC said this?

What do doctors and scientists in respectable EU nations say?

EDIT: Sorry, this is poop river diver Kennedy saying this, not the CDC. I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe I have a brain worm.

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No the CDC did not say this. RFK Jr did, I'm not going to be surprised when the CDC panel has different recommendations. Which shouldn't really happen with the HHS secretary since the CDC falls under the HHS but we haven't had someone as wildly unqualified as RFK Jr in that position (at least not that I know of) so normally the CDC and HHS leadership are in lockstep.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're right. I guess I read "Kennedy" and interpreted "CDC."

I hope someone inside has the guts to speak out.

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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Germany's RKI doesn't recommend the vaccine for anyone below 60 except people at risk or working in medical fields, same with the flu vaccine.

Our public health insurances do not cover non-recommended vaccines as the board members are personally held liable if they cover what isn't necessary or economical. Not if they cover too little though.

As such, only a small minority of Germans have received COVID boosters since ~2022.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That’s interesting to know. Thanks!

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[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 week ago

Already trying to rebrand rfk jr?

[–] SabinStargem 9 points 1 week ago

This about sums up our collective future...

I think this makes as much sense as saying you don't need to disinfect surfaces anymore, because a "surface" is immune from infection.

258 million. That is the death count they are looking for.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Gotta keep the ambrosia to the elites.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm glad this story is finally getting traction.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 week ago
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