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It has a lot to do with him. He doesn't actually have an opinion on any policy issue. For various political reasons, Trump decided to let RFK dictate public hea
by geophile 1mo ago
It has a lot to do with him. He doesn't actually have an opinion on any policy issue. For various political reasons, Trump decided to let RFK dictate public health policy according to his extremely delusional ideas. Yes, there was an antivax movement in this country for many years, just as there has been misogyny, racism, and transphobia. Trump has normalized and supercharged all of these moronic and dangerous ideas.
I have not been following measles in Canada, so I can't address that.
- MoltenMan 1mo agoSee my other comments; it is not possible for RFK to have had any effect on this outbreak. If everyone getting measles was 2 or under, it could be possible; they aren't. The reason I bring up Canada is as counterevidence; if it was Trump or RFK'S fault, Canada should be doing just fine. They had twice the cases last year in 1/10 the population. The truth is this is a problem with people believing stupid things, and it's going to take a lot more than Trump going out of office to fix.
- stickfigure 1mo ago> it's going to take a lot more than Trump going out of office to fix Probably true, but it's nevertheless a necessary condition.
- wbl 1mo agoRFK has been the person behind the antivax movement for a long time.
- geophile 1mo ago1) Vaccines are not 100% effective. 2) Herd immunity is a thing.