261 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 3h
anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I know he's suspicious of vaccines generally, and considers them a likely culprit for the chronic disease epidemic, but I never think this characterization is fair. His general position seems to be:
  1. subject vaccines to the same standards as other drugs
  2. remove blanket immunity from vaccines
It's more like not-pro-vaccine than anti-vaccine to me.
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It's more like not a mindless cultist...
Your characterization is pretty accurate to what I've heard from him, but it should also be noted that he does believe in the efficacy of the original vaccines and in the technology in general.
I'd characterize his position as something like "It's pretty clear that most vaccines on the market work for their intended purposes, but we should find out if there are any serious health complications from taking so many during early childhood."
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114 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3h
HHS has the biggest budget of any federal agency. Bigger than defense.
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True, but it's mostly just transfer payments for Medicare and Medicaid. There's not as much staff to cut as you might imagine.
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Because “vaccines cause autism” or “don’t vaccinate and save children” is exactly what antivaxers don’t say, or do they? I am confused.
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 2h
You sent me the well produced rant of a pro-left-establishment political comedian. I've listened to hours of RFK on podcasts.
Maybe I'm an idiot, but I think I understand his position on vaccines better than someone who only watched that episode or other content filtered and deprived of full context.
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 3h
Improvement over what we have….
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Called it!
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To be fair, it had essentially been announced already.
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You go ahead and be humble, I'm gonna brag ho ho ho
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There's plenty to enjoy with this one without gloating.
If we end up getting Alex Jones as WH Press Secretary, then I'll brag about having joked about that being the funniest outcome.
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I would transcend
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245 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 4h
Ho. ly. Sh. it.
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38 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 4h
Trump is really picking people he knows will change things. I dont know if it is for better or worse.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @anon 3h
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855 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3h
Spin up a shitpost account my dude and set everything to delete.
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haha
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 3h
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @B_rian 2h
As you read MSN posts over the coming weeks, remember: "Vaccine-denier" = "pointed out that childhood vaccines were exempt from placebo safety trials"
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 2h
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