RFK Jr. clashes with lawmakers over vaccines and HHS mass layoffs
www.nbcnews.com
The health secretary, appearing before two separate congressional committees, was grilled about slashes to disease research, maternal health and the U.S. measles outbreak.
  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    24 days ago

    He doesn’t want you to take medical advice from him, but he does want to dictate what kind of medical advice your actual doctor is legally allowed to give you.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
      12·
      24 days ago

      I dunno, he’s prob the go-to guy for techniques about chainsawing the head off a dead whale

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        24 days ago

        I’m actually that kinda guy. It would never occur to me that chainsawing the head of a whale corpse I found on the beach would be a no-no. It’s already dead! Not like I killed it. I’m also dumb enough to keep bird feathers I find. Yeah. That could be a problem given the wrong cop.

        “SWEET! Giant skull! I’m hanging that shit at camp! (After the ants do their thing.)”

        I really do hang skulls I find on the shed door. Got a deer, a small mammal with pointy canines, a box turtle and pieces of something the raptors left (rabbit?). One time the local dogs dropped a deer skull on my tent. Coughed loudly and scared hell out of 'em.

        • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          24 days ago

          I’ve always loved collecting animal bones, feathers, and sometimes skins that are in reasonably good condition.

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nlEnglish
    62·
    24 days ago

    Thinks people shouldn’t take medical advice from him,

    …proceeds to give medical advice to people.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    181·
    24 days ago

    What people are missing from the article and headline is that he had vaccinated his children when they were little and the question was whether he would vaccinate his children if they were young today. That’s the question he sidestepped. Yes, I bet he would is the reason for the sidestep. He’s a con man too.

    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday sidestepped a question about vaccines and whether he would choose to vaccinate his children today against a number of diseases, saying, “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”

  • CocaineShrimp@lemm.eeEnglish
    3791·
    24 days ago

    I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me

    Right… so why did you take the position of Secretary of Health, again?

    • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
      1521·
      24 days ago

      Exactly. That’s like SecDef being like “idk, I’m really not in a position to give military advice”. I say that fully aware of the irony, but it’s hard to pick a non-busted example since Trump’s cabinet is just completely full of “meritocracy”.

    • jontree255@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      24 days ago

      He took it because he’s a narcissist who’s convinced he’s right about everything because of his last name and his money. Sound familiar?

      Trump’s entire cabinet was picked for two reasons: Loyalty To Trump and Pissing Off Anyone Who Doesn’t Kiss Trump’s Ass. RFK fills that second one.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        351·
        24 days ago

        Don’t forget he went to Harris and she turned him away, and he went to Trump. Trump “allegedly” gave him the position in exchange for dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Which happened directly after.

        People claimed at the time that would be illegal as it would fall under quid pro quo.

        Edit: had to update it because the timeline was unclear which he went to first. One source reports he went to Trump first, then Harris after. Either way the result was the same. Harris didn’t respond, and Trump did. Getting the endorsement

    • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      24 days ago

      I don’t disagree but this is a lot better than him giving false ‘information’

    • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
      241·
      24 days ago

      For those of us like me that can step back. This timeline is absurdly funny.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
      31·
      24 days ago

      When was the last time secretary of health was a qualified doctor?

      Edit:

      2017

      Before that, 1989

      Both republican

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      While “fake it till you make it” works for personal gain, for the greatest good it’s better to be incompetent and honest. No one to blame but Trump for putting him in this position.

      Now if only he would remain steadfast and consistent with this sort of honesty. That’s the issue with these fools, they are consistently inconsistent. It’s the most aggravating form of stupidity.