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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Her son — her only child — experienced serious, long-term health problems following receipt of seven live virus and killed bacterial vaccines administered during his 15-month well-baby visit.

Totally unbiased then.

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The new members include well-known vaccine skeptics and others who have been critical of Covid vaccines or pandemic interventions like lockdowns.

Because, of course.

Lies that he won't touch the panel, then "replaces" that panel with cretins of his own germ-theory-denying vaccine-hating dubious fuck-witted sewer-swimming out-of-his-goddamned-worm-eaten-brain ilk.

Many will die needlessly from this fuckery.

🤷‍♂️ 🤡 🤦‍♀️ 🖕 💩

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

he already got somoan(the country) children killed from his harmful anti-vax misinformaiton.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Lemme guess, not one of them has any related education.

Edit: "The list includes Dr. Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine activist who suggested earlier this year, without evidence, that recent pediatric deaths from measles were due to medical error and Vicky Pebsworth, director of research and patient safety at the National Vaccine Information Center, considered a leading source of misinformation about vaccines. "

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

But are they Donald loyalist? Merit!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

an anti-vaccine activist who suggested earlier this year, without evidence, that recent pediatric deaths from measles were due to medical error

I'd love to just enter the mind of someone like this to see what the thought process is... I guess his personal crusade is more important than basic honesty about reality

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Completly expected but still sad. If there are ever elections again I can only hope the next administration holds him accountable.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The error is that fuckwads like Malone haven't lost their license.

[–] anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca 10 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I don’t understand the end game here. What possible benefit is there to RFK or the federal government to reject sound science? I don’t see a profit motive, I don’t see a grift that’d be “worth” the deaths… it’s not like ivermectin is something you could profit off of… why?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

On the plus side, RFKjr:-

  • Is already rich
  • Has a mistrust of corporations.
  • Doesn't seem to be personally financially benefiting
  • Doesn't spout MAGA nonsense

On the minus side, RFKJr;

  • Is a lawyer, not a doctor or a scientist
  • Seems to believe anything he is told
  • has erroneously associated autism with vaccines
  • is trading hard on his family name
  • eats roadkill
  • had part of his brain eaten by worms
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What possible benefit is there to RFK or the federal government to reject sound science?

Fulfillment of their worldview based entirely on conspiracy theories.

Certain industries having to do with fraudulent medicine may get a boost from such a distorted government agency. This includes dozens of multi-level marketing corporations.

Also, Putin gets to benefit from the massive vaccine and medical disinformation program translating into gradual destabilization of the United States.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

pseudoscience, supplements(not vitamins), things chronic lyme is a whole industry around it.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago

He doesn't believe in Germ theory. He's utterly deranged. The grift is alternative medicine, but I don't know if he really understands that it's a grift. His bosses surely do, but they just want to inflict as much punishment on institutions as possible.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For him, it’s about being right. After learning a bit about his past, it seems (to me anyway) that having an autistic kid kind of broke him. He’s been trying to fix it ever since. It’s sad, really.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He should retire from public life and seek professional help then, not inflict his trauma on everyone else.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That would require acknowledging that he is the problem. He doesn't have that level of introspection. It's easier for him to just convince himself that the professionals are the problem.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Or retire from life

[–] avattar@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 22 hours ago

Eugenics maybe? Killing off people with weaker immune systems and comorbities and the like?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's probably, like the rest of this cabinet, also Kremlin compromised and is just trying to fuck up everything possible. The whole charade of running as a Dem to steal Dem votes then immediately jumping ship when it turned out he was actually siphoning off Trump votes. The guy was a straight heroin addict at one point. Maybe still is? Who knows, but people who become heroin addicts don't make good decisions. It's absolutely possible he got jammed up monetarily and uncle Vlad came n bailed him out. The Kremlin would salivate at the opportunity to have a Kennedy on their roster.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

both RFK JR and stein had the same amount of votes, about million from both, i suspect they were mostly trump ones.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

It’s about protecting a world view that props up his value system by dismantling anything that might call it into question.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

He likes making people sick and die. A compulsion. It’s that simple.

What is complex is how this is being allowed

[–] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

All dissent is bad.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

doesn’t he know the dangers of sexual promiscuity

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

better than sewage skinny dipping I guess

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I don't remember brain worms being mentioned during sex ed.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

the worms do need to spread from people somehow.

[–] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago

“They don’t know how to go about looking at the evidence, how to think about the volumes of data that will be coming their way.”

😂😂😂😂 Please. As if they'll actually be looking at evidence! 😂😂😂😂

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world -1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

People need to focus on the aspect that RFK is undermining Trump's efforts. RFK is saying the vaccines that Trump signed executive orders to get Trump's FDA and the Trump's administrations emergency money expended upon pushed to market during Trump's presidency before the election ever took place that put Biden in.

RFK is saying that Trump was incompetent and put hundreds of millions of lives in danger. The lockdowns, pushed by the Trump administration.

If the media would point out that Trump is at the heart of it, Trump would fire him.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The lockdowns, pushed by the Trump administration.

Where did you spend 2020?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The lockdowns started March 17th, 2020 here. I remember because it was St. Patricks day. Long before Biden was elected or took office in January, 2021.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The lockdowns, pushed by the Trump administration.

In no reality were lockdowns pushed by the Trump administration.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Do I believe Trump pushed for it, no. Trump DID it. Meaning either RFK believes Trump did everything wrong, and we should be pitting them against each other:

March 17: Trump asks workforce to stay home, says he’s always known it was a pandemic During a news conference, Trump asks “everyone to work at home, if possible, postpone unnecessary travel, and limit social gatherings to no more than 10 people”.

That same day, Trump states he has “always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I’ve felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic”.

http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/4/23/a-timeline-of-the-trump-administrations-coronavirus-actions