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Jim Nowlen's avatar

Robert Kennedy should be tried and hopefully convicted for his mis information campaign.

Rich Grass's avatar

Convict Trump has used every issue to divide Americans because of his hunger for power.

Over a decade ago Bernie Sanders laid out exactly how a fascist dictator could take over in the US and convict Trump did exactly what Bernie said.

Joan MacLeod's avatar

I will never understand how anyone would take the advice from those 2 lunatics especially after hundreds of thousand American people died from COVID by listening to Trump, it especially angers me because this anti-vax movement has drifted up to my country Canada, mostly with the Maple MAGA people. People who risk the lives of their children should never have had them, if you want to risk your own life fine but not your children.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

The anti-vaccine groups of Robert Kennedy Jr. have made all these old irradiated diseases back.

TriTorch's avatar

Couple of points here:

1) "Journals have deloved into information laundering operations for the pharmaceutical industry," —plos 2006 study

2) Drug companies are among the biggest criminals on the planet, paying the highest fines of any industry and

3) Drug companies buy advertising to control the journalism industry in America so they do not report on their crimes:

Why You May Have Never Heard that Kansas is Suing Pfizer for Mass COVID Injection Miscarriages & Death: https://old.bitchute.com/video/dP8IeU0vefvj [4.5mins]

Glen Anderson's avatar

Pharmaceuticals: Ranks second in total frequency and cost, driven by massive healthcare fraud, off-label drug marketing, and opioid crisis settlements.... "

Our beloved financial industry is number one, sadly.

Bert Dandy's avatar

Politicians bring lawsuits to advance their conspiracy theories at no personal risk and waste taxpayer dollars. Two years in, this case is going nowhere and as long as it is outstanding the politicians look like heroes. Maybe Trump can blame his mental decline on the COVID shot he took while telling others not to.

Joe Tye's avatar

Thanks to Trump and RFK the lesser, we will be abysmally unprepared for the next pandemic when (not if) it strikes.

Bert Dandy's avatar

Putting misinformation on the internet can be equivalent to 'Yelling FIRE in a crowded theatre!' It is NOT free speech. When harm is caused by negligence, carelessness or intentionally, civil liability follows. (Personal note: I was responsible for getting mandatory vaccination for school kids introduced in Ontario, Canada in the 70s and it works.)

A.J. North's avatar

With respect, that famous line is often misquoted. What Justice Holmes actually wrote contained the phrase “FALSELY shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic” [emphasis added]—Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).

John Cary's avatar

What I can't understand is why an environmental lawyer was appointed to a position in which a medical specialist should be the head of. Does this make any sense? Why not hire a vegetarian as a food critic for burger joints? Trump really knows how to pick them? After all, the Liar in Chief is an expert on everything. Don't believe him? Just ask him. Like Trump can give marital advice having been married three times. 908 days left in this moron's term but who's counting, right? Let's hope he's gone sooner than that when the Democrats take charge. Want to make a lot of money? Make a bet with His Assholiness that he can't keep quiet for one hour. Reminds me of the lady who bet the 30th President Coolidge, aka "Silent Cal" that she could get him to say 3 words at which he said, "I win." Keep up the good fight everyone. 908 days will pass like, uh, 908 days.

John Cary's avatar

When I think about it even more, I wonder if RFK, Jr. had been placed as head of the EPA, would he have done more damage there than in Health and Human Services. Thoughts anyone?

Policy Over Personality's avatar

Powerful and influential people casting doubt on life-saving interventions break the social contract of public health (compounding what is rapidly being destroyed by income inequality and an abuse of domestic and international institutions in the economic and political spheres).

When deliberate misinformation directly results in the resurgence of eradicated diseases, one has to take stock and ask “why are you doing this?!”

To fully grasp what has happened to (and I intentionally use the word “to” rather than “in”) the United States, a comparative analysis is illuminating and highly revealing.

Taking a look at how the rest of the G7 handles routine immunization and measles elimination, the likes of Germany, France, and Japan have historically prioritized structured, evidence-based public health protections.

Even Italy - which has its own history of vaccine hesitancy resulting in regional outbreaks driven by anti-vaxxers - operates within an environment where public health institutions still push back with unified, science-based responses rather than having pseudo-science talking points mainstreamed from the highest levels of government.

Similarly, despite fears raised in the UK about the MMR vaccine in recent decades, by and large politicians have not succumbed to the fantasy of their American counterparts.

Even when European nations experience resurgences, most mainstream political leaders (and commentators) avoid weaponizing the issue (despite more recent attempts by ‘Murican-owned social media companies and “tech bros” manipulating the algorithm).

Finally, thanks to efforts to ‘make America great again’ and ‘make America healthy again’, north of the border, we in Canada are now experiencing our own surge of cases - triggered by a combination of cross-border spreading and domestic Maple-MAGA types - that ultimately resulted in us losing our official measles elimination status in November 2025.

(Perhaps we should impose tariffs? No, because that’s economically illiterate and doesn’t solve the problem.)

David W. Sutton's avatar

The zombie apocalypse is here thanks to Fox News, social media, and the (right-wing) corporate news media. I hope critical thinking can survive.

Amy in Jersey's avatar

I definitely believe government officials should be held accountable when they provide information to the public that is factually incorrect. In the case of vaccines, trump and rfk are knowingly stating things that have already been firmly established by decades of quality research and by professional standard setters. Their disinformation has led to completely foreseeable negative consequences. They should be guilty of fraud if not more

Stefan Arnold's avatar

Great idea! Hold "them" accountable!!

But for what? - Sorry for being sarcastic, but is there a law for public officials acting in a certain way? Of course RFK jr. acted responsably - he will argue. He only had different priorities than those who did not vote for "Big T." And apparently he represented the majority when focussing on these new key aspects - he will tell you.

Don't even think about it! - You will propably not be able to litigate these allegations. - Just get rid of all these idiots! - ASAP! - Vote them out! - Everything else is a waste of time an focus! - Sorry, I see that as a misleading hope...

MK's avatar

Every legal means that passes First Amendment scrutiny should be used against people using their offices and platforms to promote going unvaccinated.

Every person who willfully doesn't vaccinate and can be proven to have infected another should also be held liable.

Adrienne Lacheta's avatar

Do you know that the “peer review” process for medical literature was started by Robert Maxwell? Yes … Gislaine’s father.

Much research has been withheld from us under the guise of it not passing peer review. Hmmm.

There is research showing a correlation to increased ovarian cancer and lymphomas in patients who have had the MMR vaccine.

There have NEVER been RCTs (randomized controlled trials) on any vaccine.

And - vaccine manufacturers are EXEMPT from injury claims. The US government has a program it administers called the VICP - vaccine injury compensation program - for people who have been injured - some with lifelong neurological injuries.

Why are the manufacturers exempt?

The general public’s trust in messages from the government has been irreparably damaged by the repeated m, prolonged behavior of our government in general.

This isn’t specific to Trump. And it’s definitely NOT new.

There has never been a study into the safety of vaccines. We absolutely know that some patients are harmed.

And a double blind study into the effectiveness would be considered unethical in humans. But - it’s never even been tried in animals.

There are many sane, intelligent reasons to be hesitant regarding vaccines.

The more the word “anti-vaxxer” gets tossed around, the less meaning it has.

People are saying “no” to fear, yes to bodily autonomy.

We’ve allowed the pharma industry to run over us all. Now that a small group is pumping the brakes and calling them out on misleading information, they’re a little … panicked.

You’re wrong about this one on many levels.

Glen Anderson's avatar

Could you please provide your sources?

I'm finding falsehoods in just the first 2 claims that you have made.

"Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with placebos or active controls have been conducted for every licensed vaccine. Historic milestones like the 1954 Salk polio trial tested vaccines on hundreds of thousands of children using saline placebos, and modern childhood vaccines like DTaP, rotavirus... "

David's avatar

The science is real, MMR vaccines are safe and effective. A preacher, a post from your 3rd cousin or something rfkjr said isn't science.

Glen Anderson's avatar

The process for profit of the Peer Review in Medical Literature. Yes.

" Maxwell pioneered a system where governments/taxpayers funded the medical research, scientists wrote and peer-reviewed the papers for free, and then Maxwell’s company charged university and medical libraries exorbitant subscription fees to buy back the peer-reviewed work."