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Allison Young's avatar

Thank you for the rundown. This is what makes pseudoscience so dangerous; it combines real concern and science with absolute quackery, appealing to the desperate.

Ryan's avatar

The rage I feel regarding their policies around "healthy food" or whatever, while doing nothing to address food deserts, while stripping SNAP, and just so many things that will make access to ANY food so much harder...

Nilla's avatar

Exactly!

They want to blame the kids for not having the income to eat better.

Our government is allowing corporations to pollute our air, soil and water in exchange for bribes from corporations and tax breaks for the super wealthy by taking away social services makes me say this is all bullshit.

Even if rfk stops injecting himself with steroids tomorrow, I could never take him seriously. He's injecting himself with poison, but thinks he is the authority on what's good for anyone else?Nothing this administration is doing is to improve our lives. It's about power and self enrichment.

They can f*CK all the way off.

To anyone listening to this unqualified narcissistic, take a walk through any cemetery and take note of when there was a drop in the number of small graves.

Hint: after vaccines

Brendan Bartlett's avatar

Wouldn't that be MOCHA?

Helene Kay's avatar

Lololol!!

P.KUHL's avatar

Let's not forget to mention that guns are the leading cause of death in children, but this is not part of the "report". No one can claim to care about children's health while refusing to talk about the harm caused by guns.

Curran Russell's avatar

I am autistic and in my 70s. My older brother and I were very obviously autistic well before any vaccine or exposure to anything that could alter us from what our DNA had already determined. Autism is a specialness that I wouldn't trade for the world. I just wish they wouldn't come down so hard on us.

Cecilia's avatar

It is interesting that they think the average American family is going to take their kid to a doctor for nutrition advice. The only time I took my kids to the doctor was when they were sick. I also can’t imagine my self continuing to take my kids to a doctor that will treat a broken limb or strep throat with a lecture on nutrition.

Joan Breibart's avatar

Nutrition is necessary for sick people in hospital. Real people eat food for enjoyment and relaxation. The American palate is practically nonexistent and will only get worse unless we stop pretending. Do we eat only for health? Do we have sex only to procreate? Children need more since they are growing, but 65% of adults are obese. They have onboard calories.

Tamara's avatar

Of course no mention of the virus that is disabling and causing long term chronic health conditions for millions of people, including children.

Susan Strong's avatar

If I remember, they stripped SNAP in the bill that was recently passed, rounding up the workers that picks our crops to be deported coupled with tariffs will raise prices so the poor will have a harder time getting food to eat. Firing the members of ACIP and replacing them with anti-vaxxers like himself imperils everyone from the very youngest to the oldest. His anti-science agenda threatens us all. MAHA is soft eugenics

https://www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/mahas-goal-is-not-health

RuthAnne Leibman's avatar

Thank you for this concise outline. I have what could be false hope that Trump is planning to throw RFKJr under the bus soon. He used language after the hearings similar to that he has used before dumping other officials. His need for voters who adhere to the RFKJr insanity has passed since he won the election. He cannot brag about Operation WarpSpeed, the only (IMHO) successful policy of his first term, with RFKJr in office. Nonetheless, vast damage has been done to public perception and to ongoing science, especially to mRNA research. There's plenty of reason for outrage about this disaster, and no reason to believe that a replacement would be an improvement. But for the stupidity of all the pseudoscience, this could have been a moment of improvement. Squandered, like so many things in this administration.

Nope Nope Nope's avatar

Thank you for breaking this down.

jen's avatar

Oof. This is not good.

Bright SunShine's avatar

Thank you! You bring me peace during this crazy town administration.

Dr. Chad Swanson's avatar

Thank you. The Maha movement, with all of its risks and dangers, does provide a unique opportunity for transformational change. It’s up to us to seize that opportunity.