Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s HHS secretary and a longtime anti-vaccine figure, stunned supporters by endorsing vaccines amid a Texas measles outbreak.
In a Fox News op-ed, he acknowledged their effectiveness in preventing disease and protecting communities. His shift outraged anti-vaxxers, with some denouncing him as a traitor.
Health experts, however, criticized his misleading claims about vitamin A as a measles treatment and his framing of vaccination as a personal choice.
His inaccurate reporting on outbreak deaths further raised concerns about his credibility.
His stance on over processed food and some nutrition education is pretty good. Hopefully this trend continues.
That’s kind of what I’m thinking; everybody’s got some shit takes. Some of what he says is just common sense health, like we’re eating all these unnecessary additives that are banned in Europe, Canada. Some are industrial waste byproducts. Can we please stop doing that?? How can we be a first-world country if we don’t even have our health?
I know everybody’s making money off of feeding us industrial waste byproducts, getting us fat and sick, and selling us medicines & treatments but no cure. But what a terrible way to make a buck. That shouldn’t be allowed. We need easy & reasonably priced access to fresh & natural foods.
Even the fluoride comments can be viewed in a positive light. For example, if the benefits could be achieved through, eg mouthwash, perhaps we shouldn’t out it on drinking water.
To be clear I’m not suggesting a policy either way as I’m not an expert. However, it’s worth thinking critically without partisan perspectives.