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This guy needs to eat a lot more roadkill
This guy already has a body count and he will kill and kill again.
Wtf happened to his skin? When you look like that you don't get to talk about health, get healthcare yourself first. He looks like he literally got roasted
14 years of heavy heroin addiction leaves a toll. Kudos for him for getting clean, but also its reasonable to think that massive iv drug use at a young age causes developmental deficits.
I've worked with a lot of people who have chronically abused opioids. None of them look like this guy. I suspect it's chronic, heavy smoking plus a horrible, horrible diet. And maybe using some comedically nonsensical, quacky health 'supplements' of some kind.
He wasn't in power then. I'm fine with screwballs testing to the system to keep it honest. Now he's about to be head of the Department of Health & Human Services. That is deeply concerning.
I just don't know with this guy...
Like 4/5 things he says make me think "holy shit, yes! The science has been clear for decades, highly processed food is the primary cause of obesity and probably more, but no one has been willing to actually take a stand against it". Even stuff like the camps for mental illness... Yeah, it sounds bad coming from an administration of fascists, but having a place where you can just exist as long as you need while doing chores is actually a sorely needed safety net that would genuinely make an enormous difference, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and many disorders are effectively treated by just letting people exist while doing basic labor
Then I get to the fifth thing, and I realize "holy shit, this guy is just actually insane". It recontextualises the first 4, because if you get rid of highly processed food by killing the FDA people are just going to get straight up poisoned. And the mental health retreat turns into a work camp if it's no longer completely voluntary
All in all, I don't know how to feel about the guy. Like, vaccines are probably going to become a mess of proprietary bullshit if we cut regulation and stop pushing for heard immunity... But they're probably going to become unaffordable and suffer the same fate with a replacement pick anyways
But I think he actually believes what he's saying...I just think his brain is broken. Would it be better or worse to have someone who just wants deregulation because they were paid off? Would it even make a difference if the rest of the administration is going to use everything for the worst outcome through execution anyways?
I just don't know how to feel about the guy... He's insane, but I'm certain I won't be on board with the replacement. He's a real wild card for sure... Who knows what he would achieve in either direction
depression, anxiety, ADHD, and many disorders are effectively treated by just letting people exist while doing basic labor
What the F…
And you got your PhD where? How many years of study did it take you to figure out this sweeping solution for all these conditions?
You haven’t a clue making your little gulag for “special” people.
Oh, I'm one of those people. And behavioral activation + removing yourself from bad life circumstances + limiting abstract stressors is literally the best cure we know of
We're not the problem, the insane world of "adulting" is the problem... Being able to retreat to somewhere where we can just live is a lifeline most can't afford.
You understand that he wants to eradicate ADHD medication, right? The concentration camps are his alternative to provenly effective medication.
What was RFK’s end game? Watching a large slice of doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists die off?
The insidious piece here is that healthcare was COVID vaccine prioritized and thus the biggest beta test ever. A 2-for-1 special of sorts. Happily, that beta test worked out. At this point the testing sample and time frame is robust, and the tech used for the COVID vaccine has led to an experimental cancer vaccine. The man needs to chill and let science keep hold of the wheel. The vaccine kept the bulk of the healthcare industry working instead of quitting. Hospitals stayed open because the vaccine promised a modicum of safety for staff they otherwise would not have had.
In RFK’s version of the pandemic timeline, hospitals shut down due to lack of staff, healthcare worker losses (from quitting, noping out, illness, and death) soar, and people suffocate to death at home in a horrific state of panic. RFK would likely make an appearance on Joe Rogan to say that an all natural organic death at home is preferable to vaccines.
What was RFK’s end game?
What do you think goes on in the mind of someone with a dead brain worm?
Sometimes, the simplest answer is the most plausible answer.
Fair.
And yet. Trump looked at RFK, considered his pandemic presidency, then said this is the guy I want to go wild on healthcare this term.
What happened is that a lot of competent folks who worked with Trump before don't want to work with him anymore. So he is left scraping for the bottom of the barrel to appoint as government officials.
That’s not exactly true. The statement is true to a point, sure. The part you didn’t say is that he doesn’t want to work with them either. He wants loyalty before competence.
Hence his DoD pick. No qualifications except loyalty. So when he wants to turn the American military on the American people, there will be no objection.
I don't think he has one. He's one of those people convinced of their rightness and will see it through no matter the suffering it causes, no matter the demonstrable harm he has already done. In a sane world this kook bastard would be laughed at and ignored, minimizing his ability to harm anyone. Or better yet charged with culpable homicide. Instead he'll put in a position that allow him to harm EVERYONE.
In a fair world he would get punched in the jaw every time he said something anti-human and without a shred of kindness while trying to speak on behalf of others, especially after he helped cause an outbreak in Samoa that killed nearly 100 people.
Is he turning orange now too?
Colloidal silver... It does things to you.
That makes people blue
I though it was like the transitions glass effect where a silver crystal darkens in light or becomes transparent in dark.... Or maybe the guy is Mexican American like me? A little brown never hurt nobody I'd say. Lol. I hope the guy gets long ass covid. If I got long covid, I would get a "my pillow", so he probably needs one lol.
Here ya go:
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I am not a prognosticator, I can't say how bad things will get. I can say that Covid didn't just magically disappear, and Bird Flu won't just go away. The reality is ignoring zoonotic pathogens is a surefire way to kill off a large portion of the population. RFK Jr is just another old fucking shit bag that wants to be right even if he is wrong and who doesn't care if his ignorance or self-righteousness kills you or anyone else. Your health is not his priority. His wealth and power are where his priorities lie. Please take care of yourselves and don't rely on a person with a letter by their name or fame and fortune to save you, they won't. Check on your loved ones, volunteer to help those vulnerable, and be empathetic and kind and we will get through this. Good luck.
Edit: I wanted to expand on the bird flu comment, as a couple of DMs pointed out there have been no sustained human-to-human transmissions of H5N1 to date.
A Science study published in December 2024 identified a single amino acid mutation, Q226L, in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein of H5N1. This mutation increases the virus's affinity for human-type receptors. While it does not enable human-to-human transmission, the virus’s capacity to mutate—especially with prolonged exposure—means it could potentially evolve in that direction.
This concern is underscored by the 2012 Erasmus Medical Center study, where gain-of-function experiments in ferrets demonstrated how easily H5N1 could acquire airborne transmissibility. Combine that with the risk of reassortment with H1N1 or H3N2, and the potential for an H5Nx strain to emerge becomes a legitimate concern.
That said, this is speculative, and I am neither a virologist nor a doctor. Please don't take this as a prediction or diagnosis—just an example of a "what-if" scenario from an old South Texas peckerwood who reads too much.
I hear what you are saying - the reality-based community will do the right thing, most likely (if they are able to - Brainworms may make that difficult).
Unfortunately, herd immunity is a thing. That's why we need a responsible government with sane stewards at the wheel. Having asshats like this in charge will KILL even those that do the right thing when it comes to vaccinations.
herd immunity is a thing.
It is, but a leaky vaccine doesn't give you it.
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