The Truth about RFK Jr

[dann]

Jonathan Howard really enjoys criticizing "our medical establishment" nowadays!

 

[Chris_Halkides]

In response to the detailed HHS budget and NIH reorganization plans, TheHill reported, "“Returning to funding levels from two decades ago – and three decades ago when accounting for biomedical inflation – will set this nation back dramatically in our ability to reduce death and suffering from a disease that is expected to kill more than 618,000 Americans this year alone,” the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) said in a statement. “If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger,” Mary Woolley, CEO of Research!America, a science advocacy nonprofit, said in a statement." The Hill went on to quote OMB director Russell Vought: "“It’s more about the NIH, and the NIH has been a bureaucracy that we believe has been weaponized against the American people,” he told CNN."

Fierce Health reported, "The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network joined in the condemnation of the proposal, which calls for a 37% cut, $2.7 billion, from the National Cancer Institute. “Moving backwards in funding would not only stall scientific breakthroughs but also impact our ability to combat the rising incidence of cancer nationwide,” the organization said. “Cuts have consequences, and those consequences are life threatening for cancer patients who could be waiting for the next clinical trial or research breakthrough.”"

 

[dann]

2025 Newspeak - the medical version:

Mike Hoerger on X, June 4, 2025
I'm writing an NIH grant, and my goal is for the application to include ZERO banned words.
I review file drafts one by one using @drseanmullen's ScanAssist app.
Despite my best efforts, I would have missed 8 banned words in my Biosketch if not for the app.

 

[ponderingturtle]

I don't think AIs can lie. They just do what their owners or users tell them to do.

This gets into the definition of lie, vs just making things up out of nothing which AI does all the time.

 

[dann]

RFK Jr.'s Lies Catch Up To Him As Old CNN Clip Goes Viral (Farron Balanced on YouTube, June 4, 2025 - 5:36 min.)
RFK, Jr.'s tenure at Health and Human Services is going from bad to worse, as he was busted AGAIN for putting fake studies in his recent MAHA report after he was supposed to remove them. To make matters worse, an old clip of him getting his butt handed to him on CNN has resurfaced and gone viral this week exposing him for being a massive liar.

White House scrambles to correct error strewn MAHA report (BMJ, June 4, 2025)
The US government has hastened to correct multiple citations in its first Make Our Children Healthy Againassessment,1 which pointed to non-existent studies or dead internet links. New errors have crept in during the correction process, and several authors whose studies are named accurately in the report argue that their research does not support its conclusions.Within hours of a 29 May report by the US news outlet NOTUS listing seven papers cited in the report that did not exist, the White House began replacing those citations with other studies.2 Initially it tracked and noted those changes in the report, following normal practice in scientific publishing. But as other errors have emerged—the New York Times found two more non-existent papers, and the Washington Post identified 21 dead links—the administration has stopped recording its changes while continuing to make them.
Officials have also scrubbed the tag “oaicite” that appeared in many citation links in the original report—a definitive indication that the research was gathered using the Open AI chatbot. AI chatbots have a known tendency to “hallucinate” imaginary studies, and students are frequently penalised for relying on them in academic settings.3

 

[Chris_Halkides]

MSNBC wrote, "As the original NOTUS article noted, “As the Trump administration cuts research funding for federal health agencies and academic institutions and rejects the scientific consensus on issues like vaccines and gender-affirming care, the issues with its much-heralded MAHA report could indicate lessening concern for scientific accuracy at the highest levels of the federal government.”...Indeed, The Associated Press reported on Saturday that Americans “are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.” The AP added that recent cuts imposed by the Trump administration have reduced the nation’s public health system “to a shadow of what it once was , threatening to undermine even routine work at a time when the nation faces the deadliest measles outbreak since at least the 1990s, rising whooping cough cases and the risk that bird flu could spread widely among people.”"

The Hill reported, "“The content of the report really explained that every major government piece of public health advice over the past 30 years has been fake in a real substantial way,” said [RFK Jr advisor Calley] Means, the brother of Trump’s surgeon general nominee Casey Means."

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Medicine Maker reported, "RFK Jr has also forth plans to ban federal scientists from publishing in prestigious medical journals such as The Lancet, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Why? “They’re all corrupt,” he said in a podcast conversation with “biohacker” Gary Brecka. RFK Jr. proposes the alternative of state-run journals, where NIH funding would bestow the title of “good, legitimate scientist” upon researchers. He wants these state-sponsored publications to become the new gold standard in medical research dissemination."

 

[Resume]

Medicine Maker reported, "RFK Jr has also forth plans to ban federal scientists from publishing in prestigious medical journals such as The Lancet, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Why? “They’re all corrupt,” he said in a podcast conversation with “biohacker” Gary Brecka. RFK Jr. proposes the alternative of state-run journals, where NIH funding would bestow the title of “good, legitimate scientist” upon researchers. He wants these state-sponsored publications to become the new gold standard in medical research dissemination."

State-run journals . . . wink-wink.

 

[shemp]

Medicine Maker reported, "RFK Jr has also forth plans to ban federal scientists from publishing in prestigious medical journals such as The Lancet, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Why? “They’re all corrupt,” he said in a podcast conversation with “biohacker” Gary Brecka. RFK Jr. proposes the alternative of state-run journals, where NIH funding would bestow the title of “good, legitimate scientist” upon researchers. He wants these state-sponsored publications to become the new gold standard in medical research dissemination."

That brainworm really cleaned out his cranium.

 

[Norman Alexander]

That brainworm really cleaned out his cranium.

RFK Jr. puts me in mind of a mecha, a small defenceless driver in the head of and piloting a large mindless machine.

Mecha - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[bruto]

That brainworm really cleaned out his cranium.

Not quite. Judging from what comes out of his mouth, it left a lot of frass.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

At Substack Dr. Paul Offit, co-inventor of the rotavirus, discussed the issues involving the pregnant women and the Covid-19 vaccines. He wrote, "By late 2020, it was clear that Covid increased the risk of preeclampsia, preterm births, and other complications of pregnancy. Pregnant women with Covid were also more likely to be hospitalized, more likely to be ventilated in an intensive care unit, and more likely to die than women of the same age with Covid who weren’t pregnant. This wasn’t surprising. Because of their relatively immune suppressed state, pregnant women are susceptible to a variety of other severe respiratory diseases, like influenza...Normally, a change of this magnitude [announced on 27 May on X] would be vetted through the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), professional groups like the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) among others, and public comment. Not this time. In fact, the CDC was completely blindsided by RFK Jr.’s announcement."

 

[Planigale]

At Substack Dr. Paul Offit,co-inventor of the rotavirus, discussed the issues involving the pregnant women and the Covid-19 vaccines. He wrote, "By late 2020, it was clear that Covid increased the risk of preeclampsia, preterm births, and other complications of pregnancy. Pregnant women with Covid were also more likely to be hospitalized, more likely to be ventilated in an intensive care unit, and more likely to die than women of the same age with Covid who weren’t pregnant. This wasn’t surprising. Because of their relatively immune suppressed state, pregnant women are susceptible to a variety of other severe respiratory diseases, like influenza...Normally, a change of this magnitude [announced on 27 May on X] would be vetted through the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), professional groups like the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) among others, and public comment. Not this time. In fact, the CDC was completely blindsided by RFK Jr.’s announcement."

Is this another of these escaped bio-weapon conspiracies? Rotaviruses are of natural origin almost certainly the result of recombination amongst viruses affecting a variety of animal hosts, although the exact source of human rotaviruses has not been identified there is abundant evidence that human rotaviruses are the result of natural evolution and were not invented.

 

[steenkh]

Is this another of these escaped bio-weapon conspiracies? Rotaviruses are of natural origin almost certainly the result of recombination amongst viruses affecting a variety of animal hosts, although the exact source of human rotaviruses has not been identified there is abundant evidence that human rotaviruses are the result of natural evolution and were not invented.

Co-discoverer, perhaps?

 

[Chris_Halkides]

I meant to say that Dr. Offit is co-inventor of the vaccine against the rotavirus, RotaTeq. In the future I may have to refrain from commenting before I have had a cup of coffee.

 

[Planigale]

I meant to say that Dr. Offit is co-inventor of the vaccine against the rotavirus, RotaTeq. In the future I may have to refrain from commenting before I have had a cup of coffee.

Ok, that makes sense. I didn't think that this was like you. Sorry!

 

[Chris_Halkides]

NBCNEWS has a long article about the measles outbreak in Seminole, Texas. About the second fatality they wrote, "A cast of fringe doctors associated with Children’s Health Defense returned to the playbook, separating the pneumonia from the measles that preceded it, and claiming, once again, that the hospital was at fault. Via webcam this time, Tommey interviewed Daisy’s father, Peter Hildebrand, who blamed the hospital for Daisy’s death and stood by his choice not to vaccinate. Tommey told him the interview would “save lives.”"

 

[shemp]

NBCNEWS has a long article about the measles outbreak in Seminole, Texas. About the second fatality they wrote, "A cast of fringe doctors associated with Children’s Health Defense returned to the playbook, separating the pneumonia from the measles that preceded it, and claiming, once again, that the hospital was at fault. Via webcam this time, Tommey interviewed Daisy’s father, Peter Hildebrand, who blamed the hospital for Daisy’s death and stood by his choice not to vaccinate. Tommey told him the interview would “save lives.”"

You can rationalize all you want, but the truth is, you killed your daughter.

 

[shemp]

◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ quack tells poor and ill people to ◊◊◊◊ off.

'Absolutely Incredible': Dr. Oz Slammed for Telling Medicaid Users to 'Prove You Matter'

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is facing sharp criticism after suggesting that the more than ten million people projected to lose their healthcare under the current Republican budget bill do not matter. The legislation as written...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

‘Absolutely Incredible’: Dr. Oz Slammed for Telling Medicaid Users to ‘Prove You Matter’​

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is facing sharp criticism after suggesting that the more than ten million people projected to lose their healthcare under the current Republican budget bill do not matter.

The legislation as written requires that many Medicaid users work and provide documentation that they have worked at least 80 hours each month, or be kicked off the critical safety net. Many Republicans have been suggesting Medicaid users are intentionally not working so they can collect federal government benefits like Medicaid. But many Medicaid users do work, and many cannot find jobs.

“Go out there, do the entry-level jobs, get into the workforce. Prove that you matter, get agency into your own life,” Dr. Oz, the former television talk show host and promoter of allegedly questionable health supplements and other products, told Fox Business.

“It’s a much more enjoyable experience if you’re going through a life thinking that you control your destiny, and you’ll get better insurance at the same time,” he claimed.

Nearly half of employers—about 46%—do not offer health insurance at all. Most exclude part-time workers from coverage. Gig workers typically receive no health benefits through their jobs. And many seasonal workers struggle to meet the monthly hour thresholds needed to remain eligible for Medicaid.

The Hill also reported that Dr. Oz said to people not willing to go back to work, volunteer, or take care of a loved one, “we are going to ask you to do something else. Go on the exchange, or get a job and get onto regular commercial insurance. But we are not going to continue to pay for Medicaid for those audiences.”

Go back to hawking colloidal silver, you ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ quack!

 

[Resume]

◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ quack tells poor and ill people to ◊◊◊◊ off.

'Absolutely Incredible': Dr. Oz Slammed for Telling Medicaid Users to 'Prove You Matter'

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is facing sharp criticism after suggesting that the more than ten million people projected to lose their healthcare under the current Republican budget bill do not matter. The legislation as written...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Go back to hawking colloidal silver, you ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ quack!

I saw this yesterday and was similarly irked. I've been trying to cut back on irked postings.

 

[Helen]

I saw this yesterday and was similarly irked. I've been trying to cut back on irked postings.

All things considered, I suspect you may be asking too much of yourself.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Science-based medicine founder Steven Novella looked into the pros and cons of seed oils. He wrote, "Do not listen to anything RFK Jr. has to say. He is a dangerous health crank and conspiracy theorist who does not know how to interpret scientific evidence."

 

[Tero]

They got rid of most of the Dept of Education. RFKJr could have demanded that they quit teaching about vaccines. So that the kids don't feel guilty for spreading measles.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

MedPageToday reported, "[Dr. John] Lynch, who oversees his hospital's infection prevention and control program, said the real-world consequences of the updated recommendations are already emerging. When a pregnant healthcare colleague asked him whether she should get the COVID vaccine, he said, "yes, unambiguously." "She went to two pharmacies yesterday, and both pharmacies said no," he said."

 

[Chris_Halkides]

TheMedicineMaker reported, "Argentina has officially confirmed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) during a visit by US Health Secretary RFK Jr to Buenos Aires. President Javier Milei's administration criticized the WHO for prioritizing political agendas over scientific evidence, citing its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as "disastrous". During his visit, Kennedy met with Argentine Health Minister Mario Lugones to establish a collaborative agenda aimed at enhancing transparency and trust in health systems. Kennedy, known for his vaccine skepticism, has been vocal in urging other nations to leave the WHO, accusing the organization of being influenced by China, gender ideology, and pharmaceutical industry interests."

 

[The Great Zaganza]

unless you have enough money that you don't need Medicaid, you are obviously not worthy to receive Medicaid.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Good morning, USA! Your Health Secretary is trying to kill you, and especially your moms and babies! Thought you might like to know! Y'all have a nice day, now!

 

[Chris_Halkides]

NBC News reported, "Pressed about the confusion and whether Americans are now trading one side of public distrust in the health system for another, [Dr. Marty] Makary defended Kennedy, who has been criticized for spreading misinformation. “My experience with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is that he listens. He listens to myself, he listens to Jay Bhattacharya, listens to Dr. Mehmet Oz, he listens to a host of scientists that are giving him guidance,” Makary argued, referring to the director of the National Institutes of Health and the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, respectively."

 

[angrysoba]

NBC News reported, "Pressed about the confusion and whether Americans are now trading one side of public distrust in the health system for another, [Dr. Marty] Makary defended Kennedy, who has been criticized for spreading misinformation. “My experience with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is that he listens. He listens to myself, he listens to Jay Bhattacharya, listens to Dr. Mehmet Oz, he listens to a host of scientists that are giving him guidance,” Makary argued, referring to the director of the National Institutes of Health and the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, respectively."

Jesus! In other words he listens to a bunch of cranks.

 

[shemp]

You can now get your ivermectin over the counter in three states.

Ivermectin is now available without a prescription in some places. Good luck finding it.

The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid.

www.nbcnews.com

As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance​

The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid.

Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice but to disappoint the handful of people who call him every day asking for a drug used to treat parasitic worms.

He could give them the medication, called ivermectin, but only with a doctor’s note.

The callers aren’t in the throes of an active intestinal worm infestation, Murray said. They simply want access to the pills without having to see a doctor first.

“A lot of people are calling, asking, ‘Do you guys have it for sale? Can I buy it? How do I get it?’” said Murray, the director of operations for the independent Customedica Pharmacy. “Not so much, ‘How does it work? What is it for?’”

The volume of such calls has increased sharply since mid-April, when Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed a bill into law mandating that ivermectin be available to anyone who wants it over the counter.

While the law technically says that pharmacists like Murray can sell the drug over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved it to be used this way.

“I don’t feel that we could just sell prescription ivermectin,” Murray said. “It’s not designed or packaged for retail sale.”

That hasn’t stopped frenzied social media claims about ivermectin’s supposed “miraculous” abilities to cure everything from Covid to cancer.

“Ivermectin eliminated the cancer on the skin of my shoulder and it only took 3 weeks,” one person wrote on X. “It’s also working wonders on my eczema,” another wrote on the platform.

No, it didn't.

I should know better by now, but I'm still amazed at how many morons will ignore sound medical advice but will listen to any nutjob or snake oil peddler on social media.

 

[turingtest]

You can now get your ivermectin over the counter in three states.

Ivermectin is now available without a prescription in some places. Good luck finding it.

The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid.

www.nbcnews.com

No, it didn't.

I should know better by now, but I'm still amazed at how many morons will ignore sound medical advice but will listen to any nutjob or snake oil peddler on social media.

Social media is cheaper and wishful thinking is free.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Jesus! In other words he listens to a bunch of cranks.

IIUC correctly, RFK Jr. recommended the three people named, which prompts the question of whether he listens to individuals whom he did not recommend.

 

[shemp]

RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines

• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is “retiring” all 17 members of a crucial government panel of vaccine advisors.
• Kennedy is removing all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• It’s the latest move by Kennedy – a prominent vaccine skeptic – to change and potentially undermine vaccinations in the U.S. since he took the helm at HHS.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is “retiring” all 17 members of a crucial government panel of vaccine advisors.

“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

The advisor overhaul is the latest move by Kennedy – a prominent vaccine skeptic – to change and potentially undermine vaccinations in the U.S. since he took the helm at HHS.

He said Monday HHS will put “the restoration of public trust above any pro- or antivaccine agenda.”

You sick ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ piece of ◊◊◊◊! You really are bound and determined to kill millions, aren't you?

 

[dann]

Yeah, it's bad!

Dr. Lucky Tran on X, June 10, 2025
Wow. RFK announced via a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that he is removing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which is the expert panel at the CDC that decides who is eligible for vaccines and whether insurers should cover them.

Dr. Lucky Tran on X, June 10, 2025
RFK will likely replace scientific experts on the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices with antivaxxers who will use their power to further restrict vaccine access and spread disinformation. This signifies an alarming escalation in the collapse of US public health.

Will Andrew Wakefield be one of the new ones?
Or is he already onboard?
Florida's Ladapo?

 

[Norman Alexander]

USA, your government is trying to kill you.

 

[shemp]

Yeah, it's bad!


Will Andrew Wakefield be one of the new ones?
Or is he already onboard?
Florida's Ladapo?

He wanted Josef Mengele, but he didn't know he was dead.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

The Guardian reported, "“Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028,” Kennedy wrote. Kennedy, in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, said the committee members had too many conflicts of interest. Committee members routinely disclose any possible conflicts at the start of public meetings...[Dr. Geroge] Benjamin said the move raises real concerns about whether future committee members will be viewed as impartial. He added that Kennedy is going against what he told lawmakers and the public, and the public health association plans to watch Kennedy “like a hawk”."

In February ProtectOurCare wrote, "RFK Jr. Assured Cassidy He Would Maintain The CDC’s ACIP Without Changes. Cassidy said, “If confirmed, [RFK] will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.” [Chief Health Care Executive, 2/11/25]"

TheHill reported, "Ahead of Kennedy’s Senate confirmation vote, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Kennedy pledged to maintain the panel “without changes.” In a post on X, Cassidy said he had just spoken with Kennedy about the move. “Of course, now the fear is that the ACIP will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion,” he said. “I’ve just spoken with Secretary Kennedy, and I’ll continue to talk with him to ensure this is not the case.”"

 

[Chris_Halkides]

At SBM Dr. David Gorski quoted Dr. Marty Makary: "I think we can learn a lot from individual experiences. We tend to talk in the lexicon of clinical medicine about level 1, 2, and 3 evidence. It has become this sort of dogma that we can only do things with evidence, and the evidence has been categorized in this artificial framework of level 1. 2. and 3, one defined as randomized control trials. Level one is better than two is better than three" Dr. Gorski wrote, "More saliently, note the similarity between what Dr. Makary said four days ago and what Dr. Katz said 17 years ago, specifically that anecdotes can trump randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs). It goes beyond that, though. Both portray evidence-based medicine as “dogma,” with Dr. Makary calling it that explicitly."

Dr. Gorski went on to discuss Dr. Vinay Prasad, "Yet there was Dr. Prasad, nodding along with his boss Dr. Makary as his boss intoned that RCTs aren’t always necessary and questioned the construct of “levels of evidence” as “artificial” and dogmatic, asserting that anecdotal evidence can be “causal until proven otherwise.”"

 

[Tero]

Yeah, it's bad!


Will Andrew Wakefield be one of the new ones?
Or is he already onboard?
Florida's Ladapo?

The states can cover for CDC failure or inaction as they did with Covid. But they work together best in large scale pandemics. See Michael Lewis: The Premonition.

 

[Norman Alexander]

The Guardian reported, "“Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028,” Kennedy wrote. Kennedy, in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, said the committee members had too many conflicts of interest. Committee members routinely disclose any possible conflicts at the start of public meetings...[Dr. Geroge] Benjamin said the move raises real concerns about whether future committee members will be viewed as impartial. He added that Kennedy is going against what he told lawmakers and the public, and the public health association plans to watch Kennedy “like a hawk”."

In February ProtectOurCare wrote, "RFK Jr. Assured Cassidy He Would Maintain The CDC’s ACIP Without Changes. Cassidy said, “If confirmed, [RFK] will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.” [Chief Health Care Executive, 2/11/25]"

TheHill reported, "Ahead of Kennedy’s Senate confirmation vote, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Kennedy pledged to maintain the panel “without changes.” In a post on X, Cassidy said he had just spoken with Kennedy about the move. “Of course, now the fear is that the ACIP will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion,” he said. “I’ve just spoken with Secretary Kennedy, and I’ll continue to talk with him to ensure this is not the case.”"

RFK Jr. doesn't remember the mad stuff he did only yesterday, and invents more mad stuff today. So why would anyone expect him to keep important promises he clearly doesn't even remember?