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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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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 6 points 10 hours ago

His goal was to get a bunch of idiots to not vaccinate their kids, so... Success

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 48 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

The amount of people who RFK has already murdered is intense but looking back RFK will be seen as one of the key figures of the final, utter collapse of the social safety net in the US. He is going to be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths if not hundreds of thousands. This is not hyperbole.

Hey but whatever, glad centrists shut down any prospect of progressive change in healthcare, I am sure we will just be able to move back to a moderate position after all this blows over and everything will work out!

[–] reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

The US has progressive healthcare in several states. California for one has had a system comparable to the Netherlands since Obama. Furthermore, saying that this could have been stopped by a federal system is wrong simply because RFK has the power to kill federal programs.

The problem here is a federal vs states rights issue. I personally would rather not have a federal system because the next administration after would gut it. State managed is much better for system resilience. West coast states have already responded to CDC shutdown for example.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/california-oregon-and-washington-to-launch-new-west-coast-health-alliance-to-uphold-scientific-integrity-in-public-health-as-trump-destroys-cdcs-credibility/

Also centrists aren't blocking the UHC or single payer.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 14 points 18 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 4 points 13 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 13 hours ago

Yes, that is the observation that I am making.

[–] randomdeadguy@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That's right, boo! Boo this man!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This one time, hoping for the viruses to win.

[–] zout@fedia.io 7 points 18 hours ago

These guys have the best health care available to them, and they will take it regardless of what they're saying.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 17 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Doctors I trust more than Doctor Oz, Doctor Phil, or RFK Jr.

Doc Brown

Doc Gooden

Doc Holiday

Doc Hollywood

Doc Johnson

Doc McStuffins

Doctor Bombay

Doctor Bronner

Doctor Claw

Doctor Demento

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Dirty

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Doofenshmirtz aka Dr. D or just “Doof”

Doctor Doom

Doctor Evil

Doctor Feelgood

Doctor Frankenstein

Doctor Girlfriend

Doctor Hannibal Lecter

Doctor Horrible

Doctor Gregory House

Doctor Jekyll

Doctor Kevorkian

Doctor Kildare

Doctor Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy

Doctor Martens

Doctor Moreau

Doctor Nick

Doctor Otto Octavius

Doctor Pepper

Doctor Scholl's

Doctor Orin Scrivello

Doctor Seuss

Doctor Spaceman

Doctor Spock

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strangelove

Doctor Who

Doctor Zaius

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zoidberg

Dr. Dre

Dr. Enuf

Dr. J (Julius Erving)

Dr. Octogonapus (DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSBLURRR)

Dr. Tedros

Dr. Tran

Rug Doctor

Spin Doctors

The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)

Even Nurse Ratchet

[–] AlanWake2112@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Every single time I thought “Oh what about Doctor.. oh it’s there!” Excellent list and plus a billion for Dr Tran alone.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

THANKS! I do have some that have not been added YET.

CPT "Trapper" John Francis Xavier McIntyre

CPT Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce

Doctor Amy Farrah Fowler

Doctor Dick Solomon

Doctor Douglas "Doogie" Howser

Doctor Drake Ramoray ("Days of Our Lives")

Doctor Frasier Winslow Crane

Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams

Doctor Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable

Doctor John Becker

Doctor John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre

Doctor Johnny Fever

Doctor Mantis Toboggan

Doctor Kelso?

Doctor Marcus Welby

Doctor Michaela "Mike" Quinn

Doctor Mrs. The Monarch

Doctor Nick?

Doctor No?

Doctor Princess?

Doctor R. Quincy

Doctor Simi

Doctor Teeth

Doctor Theopolis

Doctor Watson

Doctor Zachary Smith

Doctor Beverly Crusher

Doctor Frasier Crane

Doctor Hubert J. Farnsworth

Doctor John "J.D." Dorian

Doctor Niles Crane

Doctor Richard Kimble

Leonard Leakey Hofstadter Ph.D.

Mary Margaret Albright

Sheldon Lee Cooper B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.

Doc(k) Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid 

Dr. Hook

Dr. Julius Hibbert 

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Doc McStuffins

Doctor Temperance “Bones” Brennan

Doctor Pimple Popper

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Doctor Pimple Popper

How did I forget Doctor Pimple Popper? THANKS!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Kelsey Grammer is a trump dick sucking chud. Fuck that POS.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I do a bit of homework on each name before I add it.

I have gotten some flak from Dr. Tran.

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's a controversy for Dr. Tran? Cultural appropriation or something? I'm asking genuinely, I've never heard of an issue.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Basically, you can't please everyone.

Some people don't like him, not enough to take him off the list.

It could have just been Russian bots on Reddit. Russia doesn't like me.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Dr Hook and any member of the medical show.

[–] johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net 3 points 18 hours ago

Dr. Worm?

He's not a real doctor. but he is a real worm. He is an actual worm.

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Valentino Rossi, aka The Doctor.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

I already have one The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager).

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Both Nurse Ratchet and her inspo Nurse Ratched

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Oh, the guy who has no formal training in health or science is bad at his job that requires knowledge of those?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I can’t wait to hear Trump try to insult and smear a publication he’s never even heard of. That will actually probably be his angle. “The Lancet? Who’s even heard of them. Their ratings are terrible.”

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure anyone who took AP Bio in highschool could have made a solid case for this, but kudos to the Lancet for putting it in print.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Most people who made it to fifth grade could see how pathetically unscientific and idiotic this fuck is

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

His hubris is the only interesting thing about him.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Of all the people I know, the ones who are doctors hate RFK Jr. most passionately.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

The Lancet also published the Wakefield paper and refused to retract it for 12 years. Not the best journal to be throwing bricks.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

At the same time, an entire decade has passed since then. The hope would be that they became better in the intervening time.

Edit: After looking them up, apparently not so much. One of their more recent controversies was in 2022, where they published unsubstantiated misinformation around COVID, suggesting it came from an independent US-funded lab.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I’ve been expecting these newsisms to die for like 10 years now. It’s begun to infect my own speech. Blast, slam, it feels like I’m reading headlines written for attention addled children. RFK is definitely going to kill millions, but all I can think about is this ridiculous verbiage.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago

These kinds of headlines don't attract nor satisfy ADHD people any better than normal people, it is just lazy headline writing.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

RFK is definitely going to kill millions

No, RFK will not kill millions. Millions choosing to listen to that idiot will kill millions.

No, I'm not going to take medical advice from Kid Rock, either.

[–] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

No, RFK will not kill millions. Millions choosing to listen to that idiot will kill millions.

So when the government ceases to subsidies vaccines for children how are you going to afford to get your kids vaccinated?

When the number of vaccinated people falls below the herd immunity point how are you going to afford to be treated for viral infections that will sweep through the population, that you'll have no idea are there because the CDC has been destroyed.

And when you and your loved ones get a particular cancer and you discover that RFK killed off the NIH grant to research and develop treatments, what will you do then?

Shit my mother died because they weren't accepting any more people into the RNA anti cancer treatment trial for her particular type of cancer (because of inadequate funding).

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I’m not sure what you mean. He’s the secretary of health and human services, not an influencer. He’s not suggesting people do anything, he’s steering and enforcing actions through agencies that he has sway over.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world -1 points 19 hours ago

American scientists we stopped listening to you after social media became a thing.