President-elect Donald Trump tapped infamous anti-vaxxer and bear-meat aficionado Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer the Division of Well being and Human Companies Thursday. The prospect of a person who has railed in opposition to fluoride in water and promised to cease analysis on drug growth and infectious illnesses for not less than eight years heading the nation’s public well being initiatives has given many individuals pause.
Reactions to the information have begun to come back in, although none of these reactions point out Kennedy’s idea that chemical substances in consuming water have resulted in “gender confusion.”
Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana took time away from saying that ladies shouldn’t be allowed to depart their state for reproductive care to lament obscure “vaccine mandates” in assist of Kennedy’s nomination.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis shocked many along with his assertion on X.
“I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov,” Polis wrote. “He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on big pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health.”
Polis’ assist for RFK Jr. was a far cry from his emotions on the matter again in August, when he posted this.
Louisiana Republican Sen. Invoice Cassidy, an precise doctor, readied his rubber stamp by writing that Kennedy “has championed issues like healthy foods and the need for greater transparency in our public health infrastructure. I look forward to learning more about his other policy positions and how they will support a conservative, pro-American agenda.”
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, not recognized for being significantly bright, referred to as the choose “absolutely brilliant.”
And the all the time craven Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin appeared over the moon about an HHS chief who’s as far out with regards to public well being as he’s.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts saved his response quick and candy.
“Mr. Kennedy’s outlandish views on basic scientific facts are disturbing and should worry all parents who expect schools and other public spaces to be safe for their children,” Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden mentioned in a assertion, calling bullshit on the Kennedy-Trump allegiance. “When Mr. Kennedy comes before the Finance Committee, it’s going to be very clear what Americans stand to lose under Trump and Republicans in Congress.”
Kennedy’s historical past of half-baked concepts about public well being has some enchantment amongst anti-science, anti-establishment circles. Now all of us get to be subjected to his whims.
