Concerns anti-vaccine pick for US health secretary could pursue ‘anti-science positions’ on life-saving interventions

Summary

The nomination of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. health secretary under Donald Trump has alarmed global health experts, who fear it could undermine vaccination efforts and public health globally.

Kennedy has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation, which critics warn could reduce immunization rates, risking outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles.

His plans to reform U.S. health agencies and tackle “corruption” could disrupt institutions like the FDA, while Trump’s broader policies may include withdrawing from the WHO and reinstating abortion funding bans.

Concerns also extend to potential trade wars affecting medicine supplies.

  • wurzelgummidge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Well at least you won’t have to waste money on expensive bombs and stuff. Just give the money to your oligarchs and send your troops off to breath on the enemy.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      With the guy that’s going to be defense secretary saying “I don’t see germs, so they aren’t real” maybe it could be the opposite.

      I don’t also see ionizing radiations, so they definitely aren’t real, maybe let him taste some polonium tea

      Also the irony of a Christian fundamentalist saying that because something can’t be seen, then it can’t be real