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In reply to the discussion: Utter Madness. RFKJR picked to head HHS. [View all]Bettie
(19,976 posts)to stop all research on infectious diseases....it was actually last year, he wants an 8 year "break" in such research.
(ETA: I read it today (or yesterday), but the article was from last year)
Fuckhead.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccines-b2441705.html
Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr attended an anti-vaccine conference, saying that he felt as if he had come home.
Reiterating his commitment to the goals of the movement, the conspiracy theorist who recently dropped his bid for the Democratic nomination said he would order the National Institutes of Health to take a break from researching infectious diseases, such as Covid-19 and measles, according to NBC News.
He added that he would instead push the agency to study chronic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity. Mr Kennedy has claimed, without evidence, that both scientists and pharmaceutical companies are ignoring chronic conditions in the hunt for profits. He has argued that this effort includes pushing ineffective and dangerous treatments, and he claims that these include vaccines.