Summary
During his Senate confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed scientific evidence on vaccine safety despite claiming he would follow the data.
He rejected studies debunking vaccine-autism links, downplayed COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, and avoided endorsing the HPV vaccine.
His remarks on racial differences in vaccination raised further concerns.
Lawmakers and health experts criticized his reliance on flawed research, warning his leadership could erode public trust and revive preventable diseases.
His confirmation remains contentious.
I mean the goal is just to convince the American public that they don’t want healthcare because that’s way easier than trying to do anything about our healthcare being fucked.
Vaccines are gigantic cost savers. Even assuming most “tough it out,” vaccines are massively cheaper than treating those who show up to the ER.
That’s only true if you are to save the person now ailed by a preventable disease.
The GOP couldn’t care a little if a few million of the plebes die… They will get the vaccines and healthcare, it’s the peasants that will suffer
An ounce of prevention vs a pound of cure
Too bad, we’re selling cures not prevention.
Not to mention the immense costs to the corpos when their sla… I mean workers drop like flies.
Yes, but they’re great for propaganda. This administration can both place themselves in power and be anti-establishment at the same time.