DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agoRFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressantswww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up1685arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·5 days agoI think this policy is pure RFKjr. It’s not in project 2025 and conservatives wouldn’t endanger their big phama paychecks. Now. It may be hijacked and twisted in its implementation. And I don’t think an environmental lawyer should be running health policy. I think you are right to urge caution. The upsides are minimal and the potential downsides are massive.
minus-squaremaniclucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoWhy is RFK Jr a reliable source for any of this? He’s hardly a reliable medical source. Dude promotes vaccine lies. He’s a lawyer by trade. He has no special medical knowledge or training. Why is he in charge of any of this in the first place?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·4 days ago Why is he in charge of any of this in the first place? Because he was soaking up votes as a 3rd party candidate. 10% of Americans wanted him for president.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days ago Why is he in charge of any of this in the first place? The same reason as most of the other cabinet positions, I’d imagine. Secret personal loyalty based ones.
minus-squaremaniclucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoOr ye olde “useful idiot”. Honestly more rhetorical to draw attention to the absurdity of relying on RFK Jr for health advice.
I think this policy is pure RFKjr. It’s not in project 2025 and conservatives wouldn’t endanger their big phama paychecks.
Now. It may be hijacked and twisted in its implementation. And I don’t think an environmental lawyer should be running health policy.
I think you are right to urge caution. The upsides are minimal and the potential downsides are massive.
Why is RFK Jr a reliable source for any of this? He’s hardly a reliable medical source. Dude promotes vaccine lies. He’s a lawyer by trade. He has no special medical knowledge or training. Why is he in charge of any of this in the first place?
Because he was soaking up votes as a 3rd party candidate. 10% of Americans wanted him for president.
The same reason as most of the other cabinet positions, I’d imagine. Secret personal loyalty based ones.
Or ye olde “useful idiot”. Honestly more rhetorical to draw attention to the absurdity of relying on RFK Jr for health advice.