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“The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm,” the journal’s editorial board wrote in its latest issue.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The CDC flip-flop masking during COVID probably killed thousands of people all by itself. RFK has actively undermined the credibility of federal health resources to a point where rational intelligent people are rightly ignoring them. It will absolutely kill millions over the years it takes to recover (assuming that we even start recovering).

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Covid was a novel virus they were mostly doing their best wrt public policy. It’s not at all comparable to what’s going on now, reversing decades of proven science progress.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 0 points 14 hours ago

Yes, that is the observation that I am making.