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#rfkjr

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The man in charge of HHS used the R slur in an FDA meeting where he derided children with disabilities as well as people with autism.

This is the man in charge of health and human services for the entire United States.

RFK Jr is a snake oil salesman and a eugenicist. He speaks of disabled people as though they don’t deserve to live, and I truly believe that’s what he thinks of us.

He’s not going to cure autism (it’s not something that needs to be cured). He’s not going to cure the chronic disease epidemic.

He’s going to disappear us. Whether in ‘wellness camps’ or by making it impossible to access the treatments and supports we need to survive.

This article is deeply distressing:

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

. Blames the Sick for Their ‘Choices’ But Not the thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-says- thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-says- “In the case of adults choosing not to get vaccinated, Kennedy didn’t say whether, in line with his smoking hypothetical, society should pay to treat people who choose not to get vaccinated and then come down with deadly diseases.”

It’s got nothing to do with making choices. It’s simply about dogma and misinformation.

Robert F Kennedy, Jr holding up the happy emoji and the sick emoji
The Daily Beast · RFK Jr. Blames the Sick for Their ‘Choices’ But Not the UnvaxxedBy Janna Brancolini

"RFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism by September"

"By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures," Kennedy said."

Meaning he's gonna lie again and say it's vaccines or some crap as usual.

bbc.com/news/articles/cj0z9nmz

RFK Jr leans over a long desk flanked by other cabinet members.
www.bbc.comRFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism 'by September'Autism researchers and experts call the effort, which is short on detail, misguided and unrealistic.
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@georgetakei

#rfkjr does not mean finding the cause of autism will be a scientific endeavor

it will be like ufo sightings and "who shot jfk" (ironic):

an endless document search

for "proof" the govt created autism because... reasons

maybe when they were "making the frogs gay"?

as with any endless conspiracy theory bullshit, there will be a whole industry of entertainment via insanity, all sorts of fan fiction-level "search for truth"

to engage the dum dums

there's the political agenda

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After a vaccine was introduced shortly before I was born in 1950, the incidence in the US declined by 90%+.

And now it's back, and its reappearance is directly related to vaccine refusal — that is, to people's willingness to believe nonsense and lies, and to show utter disdain for the common good in doing so.

Talk about a society choosing self-destruction, choosing suicide.

#Trump #RFKJr #WhoopingCough #pertussis #measles #vaccines #vaccination #science #healthcare
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But now also whooping cough, which has now caused the death of two babies in Louisiana, and deaths in Washington state, Idaho, and South Dakota after two deaths in Oregon last year.

In my childhood, I heard stories from the generations prior to me about how serious whooping cough had been for children in their growing-up years, and how children sometimes died of it.

#Trump #RFKJr #WhoopingCough #pertussis #measles #vaccines #vaccination #science #healthcare
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Not just measles, which was considered eradicated in the US by 2000 — but is on the rebound due to the refusal of people to vaccinate and to protect their children by having them vaccinated.

#Trump #RFKJr #WhoopingCough #pertussis #measles #vaccines #vaccination #science #healthcare
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propublica.org/article/whoopin

ProPublica“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
More from ProPublica

RFK Jr. Says US Will Know Cause of Autism 'Epidemic' by September

“The autism rates have gone from—our most recent numbers we think are going to be about 1 in 31, so they are going up again, from 1 in 10,000 when I was a kid," Kennedy said.

#RFKJr was born in 1952 before #Autism was a recognized disorder and therefore trackable.”

newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-us-wi

Cabinet Meeting
Newsweek · RFK Jr. Says US Will Know Cause of Autism 'Epidemic 'by SeptemberBy Gabe Whisnant