The Truth about RFK Jr

[Chris_Halkides]

The Food Babe is still a thing?

"Steve Novella, a Yale neuroscientist and prominent pseudoscience warrior, among others, has dubbed Hari the "Jenny McCarthy of food" after the celebrity known for championing thoroughly debunked claims that vaccines cause autism." NPR

 

[Chris_Halkides]

And many more will suffer life-long impairments like blindness and brain damage.

Some people will be harmed or die after having measles, because measles is now believed to cause partial loss of immune memory.

 

[bruto]

Some people will be harmed or die after having measles, because measles is now believed to cause partial loss of immune memory.

Yes, but he's so abundantly demonstrated his inability to understand primary causes that it will fly right past him. If King Kong threw you off the Empire State Building he'd blame the pavement.

 

[dann]

RFK Jr. & HHS (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on YouTube, April 28, 2025 - 39:52 min.)
John Oliver discusses the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, the many ways those cuts will impact all of us, and some sad news about a beloved cereal mascot.

ETA:
And for those of you who can't access the video above, there's this only-slightly-shorter version:
RFK Jr. & HHS (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on YouTube, April 28, 2025 - 36:14 min.)

 

[Puppycow]

Yes, but he's so abundantly demonstrated his inability to understand primary causes that it will fly right past him. If King Kong threw you off the Empire State Building he'd blame the pavement.

It's not the falling off a high building that kills you. It's the sudden deceleration at the end.

 

[Cosmic Yak]

It's not the falling off a high building that kills you. It's the sudden deceleration at the end.

So if you eat more celery, you'll survive?

 

[Puppycow]

So if you eat more celery, you'll survive?

Let's find out! I nominate RFK Jr. as the first test subject.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

At SBM Dr. David Gorski wrote about a study that modeled the effects of changes in vaccine uptake levels on future cases (Peter Hotez is one of the coauthors). This study just appeared. "The first thing I noted here is that we are, arguably, already screwed. If nothing changes, we can expect a lot of bad things to happen in the US, at least with respect to measles, a scenario that could be massively improved upon just by a slight increase in vaccination rates, by 5-10%."

At In the Pipeline Derek Lowe wrote about the long lasting effects of present policies on the NIH, CDC, FDA, etc. "Finally, apply that to the FDA, CDC, and the rest of HHS when it comes to public health. We appear to be driving competent, experienced people away from their positions, demoralizing and disorganizing the agencies, and slow-walking actual medical needs and advances for the cause of political showboating. We’re going to see the effects of these decision in the numbers for years, too, but it’ll be in mortality figures and life expectancy. We are going to pay for this stupidity in coffins."

 

[shemp]

Follow on to the previous episode:


RFK Jr. saying even crazier things than I knew. Apparently he thinks the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 was (a) not a virus, and (b) caused by vaccines. Also, (c) even Fauci agrees with (a).

I can't even begin to comprehend the stupidity of such statements! How many times would I have to hit my head with a hammer to become that stupid?

 

[shemp]

And no matter how much sugar we consume Americans retain their inherent bitterness.

There are lots of marinades you can use before grilling to remove the bitterness.

 

[Tero]

"they are just drug addicts, losers"

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[Chris_Halkides]

Drawing on reporting from USA Today and the Independent, Latin Times wrote, "However, behind the scenes, the Trump administration's draft budget includes major cuts to addiction programs, including the termination of the Narcan grant, according to The Independent. "Narcan has been kind of a godsend as far as opioid epidemics are concerned, and we certainly are in the middle of one now with fentanyl," Donald McNamara of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. "We need this funding source because it's saving lives every day.""

 

[shemp]

Drawing on reporting from USA Today and the Independent, Latin Times wrote, "However, behind the scenes, the Trump administration's draft budget includes major cuts to addiction programs, including the termination of the Narcan grant, according to The Independent. "Narcan has been kind of a godsend as far as opioid epidemics are concerned, and we certainly are in the middle of one now with fentanyl," Donald McNamara of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. "We need this funding source because it's saving lives every day.""

"Eh, who cares if a bunch of addicts die, they're all criminals anyway!"

 

[Tero]

I went to the grocery store. It had a homeopathic section in the drug store part. RFK Jr ure could made us use some safe homoepathic medicine. No FDA approval! Any side effects? Just use less.

 

[ponderingturtle]

I went to the grocery store. It had a homeopathic section in the drug store part. RFK Jr ure could made us use some safe homoepathic medicine. No FDA approval! Any side effects? Just use less.

Hey what about all the OD's on homeopathic medicine where you think about taking it and decide against it thus giving it infinite dilution and infinite power!

 

[shemp]

I went to the grocery store. It had a homeopathic section in the drug store part. RFK Jr ure could made us use some safe homoepathic medicine. No FDA approval! Any side effects? Just use less.

Even better, don't take it at all! It'll be so diluted and powerful, you'll never get sick and you'll live forever!

 

[shemp]

When I'm at the pharmacy or in the remedies aisle at the supermarket, I see lots of this homeopathic crap and being made aware of it increases my blood pressure. That's a detrimental side effect, I'm going to sue them!

 

[The Great Zaganza]

it's odd that no one who believes in homeopathy ever takes their recreational drugs heavily diluted.
Or their Viagra.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

it's odd that no one who believes in homeopathy ever takes their recreational drugs heavily diluted.
Or their Viagra.

When at university one of my mates had a flat-mate who would never chip in for the weekly weed/resin purchase, but would partake, Everyone else was convinced he never inhaled anyway.

They set him up by talking about a new delivery of really, really good weed coming in...Rolled up a load of joints with thyme and oregano while he was out, then played stoned and he was utterly taken in and was utterly off his tits...

We pulled a similar trick with an empty bottle of Glenfiddich, topping it up with cold tea and fooling someone who fancied themselves as a whisky buff.

 

[TragicMonkey]

it's odd that no one who believes in homeopathy ever takes their recreational drugs heavily diluted.
Or their Viagra.

Knowing the limitless folly of humanity I can almost understand people falling for homeopathy in general, but what I can't get over is people from tea-drinking cultures falling for it. How can anyone make a cup of tea and walk away thinking it gets stronger the more it's watered down? If homeopathy worked then dipping a tea bag once would result in tea stronger than using twenty tea bags at once and leaving them in!