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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advocated for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during a visit to West Texas on Sunday to comfort two families whose children died of the disease.

https://archive.ph/hIrAC

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

OK that actually wasn't on my 2025 bingo card

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Hilarious that someone admitting the obvious makes the news these days.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sir! Fresh off the presses, water is wet!

Can my line show up in the press now too?

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Absolutely! Fifteen minutes of fame, headed your way!

[–] sedawk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

RFK and the goons have fired medical doctors at the FDA this week because they would not say that MMR vaccine caused autism. Don't believe these clowns have changed their story. This is just more lies and distractions.

[–] Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 hours ago

Not only has there never been a link shown between autism and vaccines. Autism is genetic. Someone is born autistic. It's not a disease you can contract later in life. From vaccines or anywhere else. Which makes the claim all the more dubious.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Buy your "Not vaxxed, not afraid" baby onesie today!

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, is he just going to pretend that he hasn't been spearheading a crusade against vaccines for literal decades?

[–] Robbity@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. This is called lying. This is what these people have been doing for a while now. I don't think this will change soon.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I think he actually thinks the things he says, and is just plain nuts. I don't get the impression rfk doesn't care about people deep down like I do with most of them. I think he's genuinely profoundly stupid.

Cynicism is not really correct here. Maybe if you turn one half of one degree and see literally anything else going on right now, but not here.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

He is just saying that any vaccine created since Jenny McCarthy got up to speed on Andrew Wakefield's nonsense is bad.

All of those other vaccines that did so much good when he was young are fine.

If it didn't come out of "the good old days" of when these people were in their prime it is some liberal conspiracy after all. /s

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 hours ago

He didn't seem to care when he got dozens of kids killed by measles in American Samoa, but now that it's white kids in the metropole he changes his tune...

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago

Oh? I thought you said it was vitamin A, you brain worm dumb fuck

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 28 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Most effective is to get a vaccine before being exposed to Measles ffs.

Why do you think we give herpes vaccines to pre-teens? It's not because we are expecting them to be sexually active, it's because it works better before they are exposed.

[–] longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Just a minor correction: There is no herpes vaccine. It's the HPV vaccine you're thinking of.

Would be nice to get a herpes vaccine, but they're not there yet.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if the brain drain from the US will ultimately get us there faster. The EU has less cultural stigma about funding STI vax research, and now they're going to get the people who can do it.

[–] longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You're a silver linings kind of guy. 🙂

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Maybe. Keeps me sane.

I'll say that Trump is providing an opportunity if we can grab it. There was a big liberal world order where it was hard to replace systems that were some combination of outdated and/or cruel, because what they do was too important. A bunch of those have been tossed in a woodchipper already, and Trump ain't done yet. If we can rebuild an effective left wing movement that takes real power, then we have an easier path to remaking those systems in a way that benefits a greater number of people.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Is the brain tissue growing back?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 36 points 17 hours ago

Someone got a blank next to him and severed his link to nurgle?

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 177 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ah now that shit might get really serious really quick you're changing your stance? Huh Bobby? I must say I'm a little surprise. You didnt do that the last time you did this.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's playing both sides.He's going to go back to saying all the other nonsense shit.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Feels like he’s admitting the lives lost were his fault.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 57 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It’s more likely that the families of the kids with vitamin A toxicity from his recommended treatment are preparing to sue the government.

https://www.gastroenterologyadvisor.com/news/measles-outbreak-leads-to-dangerous-vitamin-a-toxicity/

[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 23 points 21 hours ago

I doubt that the threat of suing the government would make him change; after all, it won’t be paid out of his pocket. But if the families were being inundated by offers of attorneys to represent them in a civil suit against RFK Jr himself…

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 65 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Hahahahahahaha have fun with that, Texas, and other antivax-friendly states. I’m out of sympathy. You shit your bed, now lie in it.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I’m gonna get so much mileage out of this gif. But I like it better with no text - it’s more flexible that way

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 67 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

The problem isn't with the idiots who voted for it though. The problem is that the children, you know the innocent ones who can't make decisions, are the ones who get to suffer. As are the people around the idiots who have weaker immune systems, and who may have not voted for the stupid or may just be too old and/or vulnerable. I love watching the actual idiots get their comeuppance, but I hate seeing innocent people suffer for their arrogant selfishness.

[–] MrBananaGrabber@lemmy.today 30 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Can I add to this.

There’s a lot of people that aren’t able to get the vaccine who otherwise would be vaccinated.

Immunocompromised, allergy to MMR, chemo, steroids and other meds. The list goes on. These people are now in danger of suffering from hearing loss, brain damage, going blind, lung damage, learning disabilities seizures…and death.

All because Tinfoil Totin Tammy wants to be a Facebook Pharma Fighter but wound up putting the “no” in immunology” instead.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

allergy to MMR

That's my wife. To say we're worried would be an understatement.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

Same. Almost died from MMR vaccine as a child. I live in a blue state so I'm not terribly worried, but I may become a test case in avoiding death from this shit before too long. Hope they get it under control and you had your wife never have to experience measles.

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[–] yarr@feddit.nl 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

WOT?! I thought he didn't recommend vaccines until they were safe! Is this a John Kerry style flip-flop???

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Flipping to pro vaccine should be seen as a good thing.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 1 points 7 hours ago

I agree, but the amount of anti-vax folks who used RFK getting into the government as "proof" vaccines are bad is pretty astonishing. I'm sure they won't point to him as an example anymore.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 39 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Did anyone check what the greatest intellectual Joe Rogan thinks of his change of mind?

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"I'm just a dumb guy, fast tracking fascism and antivax rhetoric to my millions of dumb guy listeners. You shouldn't listen to me."

[–] longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml 6 points 13 hours ago

Narrator: "They listened to him."

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 41 points 1 day ago (10 children)
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