Category Archives: Public Health

A Possible Trajectory of Childhood Diseases Under Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy

Friday night, the Trump administration under direction from Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy decided to stop recommending childhood vaccines. This is both expected and very bad. I think there will be few immediate consequences fortunately, so that hopefully gives us … Continue reading

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Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy Retaliates By Canceling Grant Awarded to Critics

This is yet another reason why you don’t let crazy ass anti-vaxxers run HHS (boldface mine): The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for research … Continue reading

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Impeach HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Impeach Him Now.

Calls for a Kennedy impeachment: it’s not just for bloggers anymore! Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens* (MI) is pushing filed articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Is she doing this to help her Senate bid (she’s running for … Continue reading

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Et Tu, Murdoch? HHS Secretary Kennedy Is in Trouble

Even the liberal New Republic conservative New York Post wants HHS Secretary and anti-vaccinationist Kennedy gone (boldface mine): Health Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, … Continue reading

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The Good News Is Florida Is a Low Population State That Very Few People Visit

The Republican Party is a party of death (boldface mine): Florida’s surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, which would make it the first state to completely withdraw from … Continue reading

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When HHS Secretary Kennedy and Other Trump Appointees Foment Stochastic Terrorism Against Public Health Workers

Last Friday, someone who was convinced that COVID vaccines caused his depression and suicidal tendencies murdered a police officer and fired dozens of rounds at CDC facilities in Atlanta. So it’s clear, high profile members of the administration, all of … Continue reading

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A Defense of USAID

A response to the anti-USAID propaganda from Musk:

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Senator Warren Has Questions for Kennedy about Vaccination

And they’re very good (boldface mine): 1. At a 2022 anti-vaccination rally, you compared the Covid-19 mandates in Washington D.C. to the tragedies of the Holocaust stating, “Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could … Continue reading

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No on Kennedy

The anti-endorsement of Kennedy for DHHS Secretary won’t surprise regular readers: he’s dangerously bonkers, unqualified, has a ton of personal issues, and is corrupt. But it is worth reminding people what Kennedy did to Samoan children:

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No, Kennedy Should Not Be Confirmed as HHS Secretary

There seem to be some Democrats who are waffling about whether or not to support Kennedy for HHS secretary. Not only is he responsible for extending the Samoan measles epidemic, he is a long-term vaccine opponent whose closest advisor Aaron … Continue reading

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