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The fact that Democratic sachems are debating whether their party should support public health as a political strategy rather than embracing it as a core value is testimony to how out of touch and morally bankrupt the party has become
Kennedy previously told the Washington Post The key takeaway for the public and public health community... is that [studies and rulings] do not conclude with any certainty that fluoridated water is injurious to public health.
No matter who wins, one thing is crystal clear: Fluoridation is a house of cards
The Fluoride Action Network, which spearheads efforts to remove fluoride, said online I look forward to working with the more than 80,000 employees at HHS to free the agencies from the smothering cloud of corporate capture so they can pursue their mission to make Americans once again the healthiest people on Earth.
Accepting the nomination, he said On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all US water systems to remove fluoride from public water.
Writing on X, Kennedy said Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science.
Well, I guess I’m about to give you the last two vaccines of your life.”
The fact that we’re considering bringing somebody on with no scientific or medical credentials, who’s falsely claimed for decades of vaccines caused autism, who has, quite frankly, said just outrageous comments about science and medicine that this person would come in to gut the NIH, I think is shameful,
Rep Robert Garcia of California said RFK Jr. has championed issues like healthy foods and the need for greater transparency in our public health infrastructure,
Cassidy said in a news statement There’s no downstream liability, there’s no front end safety testing, that saves them a quarter-billion dollars,
Kennedy said at a campaign speech at Hillsdale College He wants to do some things, and we’re going to let him get to it,
Trump said of Kennedy in his election victory speech Robert F Kennedy Jr is a clear and present danger to the nation’s health. He shouldn’t be allowed in the building at the department of health and human services (HHS), let alone be placed in charge of the nation’s public health agency.”
In response to Kennedy’s nomination, Public Citizen, a progressive nonprofit organization focusing on consumer advocacy, said He’s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems. This is going to cost lives.”
California’s Democratic representative Robert Garcia called the nomination “fucking insane”, writing on X Very little of what Trump does these days amazes me. Any one of the last three of Trump’s Cabinet-level picks (Gabbard as DNI, Gaetz as AG, RFK Jr for HHS), standing alone, would arguably have been the worst in American history. The fact that Trump made all three in a span of roughly 24 hours is astonishing,
Donald Trump’s bungling of public health policy during the Covid pandemic cost hundreds of thousands of lives. By appointing Kennedy as his secretary of HHS, Trump is courting another, policy-driven public health catastrophe,
It is hard to overstate what a terrible decision this is. RFK Jr has no medical training. He is a hardcore anti-vaccine and misinformation peddler. The last time he meddled in a state’s medical affairs (Samoa), 83 children died of measles.”
Alastair McAlpine, a pediatric physician at British Columbia’s children’s hospital, wrote We forget what this country was like 50 years ago – how many children died every year from polio, pertussis [whooping cough], measles,
I am concerned that [Kennedy] lacks even marginal scientific and public health training. This would lead to public health decisions based on his hunch about what to do. This is not good policy."
Daniel Havlichek, the former chief of Michigan State University's division of infectious diseases, previously told Newsweek We need to remain vigilant against these pathogens, and vaccination is a highly effective way to protect ourselves and our children,
Bobby, I believe you care about children, and you care that you don't want to hurt them, but you got to realize from a scientific standpoint, what you're saying does make no sense."
