RFK, Jr.: Anti-vax HHS Secretary

[Huckleberry]

Two articles, one a bit more serious than the other:

The difficulty in changing the candy market

RFK Jr.’s Worst Nightmare
The candy convention was a celebration of everything that the health secretary believes is wrong with our food.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...opy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share




A way to restrict abortion nationwide

A Convenient Piece of Junk Science

RFK Jr. is prepared to rework the FDA’s official assessment of the abortion pill mifepristone based at least in part on a questionable report.

www.theatlantic.com

 

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Washington Post gift link

RFK Jr. ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women
Currently the vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months of age.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that his agency would no longer recommend the coronavirus vaccine for healthy pregnant women and healthy children — an unprecedented move that bypasses the traditional system of vaccine advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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Washington Post gift link

HHS cancels funding for Moderna to develop vaccines to combat bird flu
The department cited Moderna’s use of the messenger RNA technology, which it said “remains under-tested,” for the cancellation of the funding.

The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

 

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mRNA is not under-tested. This is what happens when you put an idiot in charge of HHS who gets his health information from Facebook conspiracy wackos.

 

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Texas state rep. wants his kids' school 'celebrated' for being least vaccinated

Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline (R) said he wanted his children's school to be "celebrated" because it was one of the "least vaccinated" schools in the state. In a recent Instagram post, Schatzline railed about Star-Telegram reporter Bud Kennedy, who revealed the school's unvaccinated...

www.rawstory.com

Texas state rep. wants his kids' school 'celebrated' for being least vaccinated
Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline (R) said he wanted his children's school to be "celebrated" because it was one of the "least vaccinated" schools in the state.

"Mercy Culture Preparatory, which is a private school in my district, also happens to be where I send my kids to school, he said they are the least vaccinated school in the state of Texas," he observed. "Now, I was incredibly concerned for a couple different reasons. I was concerned that, number one, we're just finding out about this. Because the second concern is, why haven't we celebrated this sooner?"