Trump says he will give RFK Jr. a major health role if he wins the White House. Here's what that means for patients, drugmakers
Trump says he will give RFK Jr. a major health role if he wins the White House. Here's what that means for patients, drugmakers
Some health experts say Kennedy, even in an informal role, could potentially lead to real consequences for patients, drugmakers and the nation's public health.
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/19765205
What a goddamn joke. The foxes are fully in charge of the hen house.
Time to see if Americans truly believe in conscientious objections or not.
I can't wait to say Goodbye to my Wife as she dies from a Preventable Cause only because the Government I Voted For made her lifesaving medication ILLEGAL!
Only missing "and Blame it on Illegal immigrants."
We are well and thoroughly cooked
Coming soon to a state near you... Pandemic 2: Brain Worm Boogaloo
As someone who's been following him for some time, I think the article is a little doomerish. His stance on vaccines is troubling, but he's outlined policies he'd want to see, like capping drug prices and banning pesticides that are banned in europe, before https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-make-america-healthy-again-rfk-jr-reforms-chronic-disease-crisis-a9b4b8c0
In every pile a of shit there’s a nugget of gold. Trump gave the people stimulus checks.
Point is his reforms will be generally terrible. He has promised to cut all infectious disease research funding and he only sees chronic disease as if it’s something caused by environmental factors. Don’t get me wrong some are, but many aren’t, and the way he says he’s going to treat chronically ill people and deny them the drugs they need is immensely troubling.
Mhm, his whole disease policy is basically " drugs don't do anything, just sunshine and clean living". It's incredibly stupid, and will likely lead to the deaths of thousands if implemented the way he wants to.
Remember Maya Angelou: when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
I get access denied from the link, here's an archive version for anyone that gets the same https://archive.ph/SSMPK
First, I think vaccine acceleration policies (of Trump, btw) helped with elimination of covid and eventual reopening of economy, even as Trump tried to make covid worse in blue cities for political attack purposes.
That vaccines can have side effects that the FDA assists in covering up is still a meaningful issue. That Pharma captures the FDA to enhance their oligarchy/profits is an issue that demands a skeptic of Pharma to be in the oversight role. Republicans having an oligarch constraining force is an upside down proposition. This is by far the only such force in a GOP administration, and may get nixed by Republican congress.
Nah, this won't get nixed. Almost all of the Trump-opponent Senators and Reps are gone or have flipped. The GOP has effective carte blanche to do whatever they wish, and a stacked deck of Supreme Court justices who, now that their jobs are safe from impeachment, will pretty happily rubber stamp anything. Even if they don't, Trump can simply do it via EO, due to the immunity ruling.
Most GOP senators are well enough funded by Pharma, to support their oligarchy. They will be funded harder during confirmation hearings.
Don’t doctors take an oath? Is that worth anything?
That’s a tradition.
In practice they are bound by the laws and regulations set by the government.
Hospitals need to start ignoring the federal government when it's being stupid, and state governments need to have their back.