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Eliot Rosewater

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Sun Aug 10, 2025, 11:51 AM Aug 2025

Covid "Stratus" variant making a comeback while Kennedy fucks up the entire medical system [View all]

Last edited Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:15 PM - Edit history (1)

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Screaming about this for months, and he’s still there and nothing’s going to be changed and millions of us are going to die.


I am not saying millions will die from this strain of Covid, I am saying and I have been saying several times a day that because of Kennedy ending our healthcare system, the next pandemic will kill millions of us and of course it will.

For fuck sake from the flu alone:




He has cut funding for mRNA vaccine development: Kennedy's HHS department has terminated contracts and halted funding for 22 projects focused on developing mRNA vaccines for respiratory illnesses, including the flu, amounting to nearly $500 million. He argued that these vaccines are ineffective against rapidly mutating viruses like the flu, though this claim has been disputed by many scientific experts.
Dismissed the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Kennedy fired all 17 members of the ACIP, a panel that traditionally provides scientific guidance and recommendations on vaccination policy to the CDC. He replaced them with individuals who critics claim align with his own skepticism about vaccines.
Cancelled or weakened contracts with vaccine developers: Companies involved in mRNA vaccine research, such as Pfizer, Moderna, and others, have had their contracts terminated, rejected, or restructured by HHS under Kennedy's leadership, according to Al Jazeera.
Influenced recommendations regarding vaccine components: In one instance, Kennedy accepted a controversial recommendation from the newly appointed ACIP to remove the preservative thimerosal from flu vaccines, despite evidence showing it poses no health risk in the quantities used.

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