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erronis

(23,389 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:01 PM Sunday

RFK Hospital -- Digby

https://digbysblog.net/2026/02/22/rfk-hospital/

Paraphrasing: It's comical but it cuts a little bit too close to the bone.

The Daily Show:


It's comical but it cuts a little bit too close to home. One of the top 5 Trump atrocities was appointing that crackpot. The destruction is overwhelming. But it kind of makes sense. Just like Trump, Kennedy is a malignant narcissist:

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years campaigning against vaccines, but with the flu shot, he's suggested it's personal. Kennedy has linked his strained, raspy speech to the vaccine, despite several medical experts saying there is no scientific evidence to support that claim.

Federal guidance revised under Kennedy last month, while the United States is experiencing a hard-hitting flu season, no longerrecommendsroutineflu vaccines for children and adolescents. The day after he assumed office a year ago, he ordered the end of a government ad campaign encouraging flu vaccination.

Kennedy has repeatedly said he suspects the flu vaccine triggered his spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological voice disorder, and that he stopped getting flu shots in 2005.

Although he acknowledges he is unable to prove a connection, he said his eyes were opened to a link after reading vaccine inserts while he was engaged in litigation against flu vaccine manufacturers.


Great. So because he suspects his condition was caused by a side effect of the flu shot, a whole bunch of people have to get sick and die. Perfect.

I've always been stuck by the fact that these "do your own research" types apparently just discovered there were side effects of drugs when the COVID vaccines w introduced and decided that means they shouldn't be on the market. Have they watched any drug commericials on TV while they're doing their research? Have they looked at the back of the aspirin bottle or any common antacid? All drugs have potential side effects, some of them pretty serious. Every doctor and patient knows that there's a risk to taking them. This is news?

I think this is all about RFK Jr's superstitious cult assuming that because big Pharma is a racket (which it is) it means that the science behind modern medicine is too. That's not correct. I think we can all agree that the system is corrupt but there's no reason to think the science is. Many, many people are living much longer and healthier lives because of the advances that have been made in the past century. Going back to snake oil is the stupidest possible way to deal with a system that needs reform.
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RFK Hospital -- Digby (Original Post) erronis Sunday OP
And the few drugs you do get will be on a toilet seat. Norrrm Sunday #1
Or under. erronis Sunday #2

Norrrm

(4,620 posts)
1. And the few drugs you do get will be on a toilet seat.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:06 PM
Sunday

He bought his position as Health Secretary by giving his support (voters) to Trump.
He offered it to the democrats, but they did not want it.

erronis

(23,389 posts)
2. Or under.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:10 PM
Sunday

In rfkjr's case I think he'll stick almost anything into his mouth (or elsewhere.)

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