Every year, vaccines save millions of lives. Polio, which used to cripple and kill thousands of children in the United States, has been eliminated thanks to widespread vaccination. Diphtheria, which used to be the most common cause of childhood death in the United States, is
Polio is back because of guys like Kennedy. 5 counties last I saw, which was awhile ago. If you live there and you are vaccinated but immunosuppressed, you may still get it. I hope very soon people or their families suffering lifelong consequences or dying from measles, polio, etc., will sue Kennedy, Rogan, Musk, etc., for all they have.
These billionaires backing RFK Jr. are conceited, supercilious, dangerous creeps just like he is. They're revealing themselves. Thanks Judd for keeping an eye on them and exposing them. Please keep us posted. Let's never buy their cars, watch their shows, give them the time of day, etc. They're filthy rich trash. As for RFK, Jr., he's a creep of obvious note. Vaccine nonsense that kills people. Using his family name to do harm. Read about how he treated and lied about his second wife, who committed suicide, or about his diary filled with notes and numbers about his numerous extramarital affairs. He's dangerous, as are his supporters and backers, which include Bannon, Flynn, Stone, Musk, Dorsey, Sacks and other threats to a free, democratic, and fair world. RFK, Jr. is the opposite of his father and namesake. Sickening.
It is exactly this misuse of media platforms that worries me deeply. What was originally created with hopes to educate and improve our society as metastasized into a monster of deception and lies. Our freedom of speech is so precious; to see it misused this way pains me deeply. Thank you Judd for this story.
Fyi. Dr. Hotez was harassed at his home and it was video'd for Twitter by one of Rogan's followers. The absolute craziness perpetrated on this country by billionaires like Musk and Ackerman and too often, 698 more billionaires reinforces my intense dislike of the 1%.
RFK,Jr is dangerous. If I have learned 1 thing in the past 20 years, it is the very wealthy like the Koch brothers and the Federalist Society have funded the erosion of Democracy and America as a nation to their benefit. Trump is a crooked, lying Kook, and they got him elected. Don't be sure that RFK, Jr can't dilute the vote, even if he is possiblily crooked and certainly an antivax Kook with a very recognizable family name.
On Dr. Hotez debating RFK JR., I am reminded of Richard Dawkins when he responded to a a debate challenge from a young earth creationist ... "That would look great on your CV, not so good on mine."
In debating a conspiracy theorist, the expert gains nothing while the nut job gains credibility simply by being in the stage.
If RFK Jr. had a different surname he'd be a mid level YouTube conspiracy peddler.
His candidacy and support is an example of the "horseshoe theory" which states that the closer beliefs converge as you get to the left/right fringe. Anti-vaxx quackery used to be the domain of Berkeley hippies. It is notable, though, that a recent poll shows he has higher favorables among Republicans than he does with Democrats.
The name Andrew Wakefield should ring a bell for some people. He perpetuated one of the biggest frauds in medicine regarding vaccines way back in the 90s. And his influence to the detriment of all of us is still ongoing. See the articles below.
Dr. Peter Hotez is a brilliant and compassionate man who, I believe, does have an autistic child. He stands by his statement that vaccines do not cause autism. He gave a lecture at one of my classes at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health when I was there and he knows what he is talking about..
Robert Kennedy Jr is a lawyer, not a scientist. That alone should scare you, you know: a lawyer doing science.
Topics that are “a LITTLE bit controversial”? How about deadly? As always, Judd, thanks for painting the picture in its full degree of gravity. Money can not buy intelligence, obviously, which may be a good thing considering the small percentage of people in the upper percentiles of income.
This is just disgusting behavior from the talk radio deplorables--of course, not just talk radio, but the other right wing media outlets too. Remember when we were referred to as 'ugly Americans', because we were rude, or didn't even attempt to appreciate a country's culture or language, just stomped all over it with our self righteous entitled attitudes? Well, now we're doing it to other Americans and we are ugly on steroids. What has happened? Don't even get me started on RFK Jr. I would like to get off of this ride please.
This is just gross. To think this is where our nation is on public health initiatives is really disturbing. Did people feel this way when a vaccine eradicated Polio? The Internet really has messed us up and AI is going to be 100x worse. And Twitter is a horrid cesspool of disinformation run by a racist, ignorant little boy
So, what if we just let this “Bad Kennedy” have his day in the sun, and the ignorant lemmings that follow him over the cliff are eliminated in spectacular Darwin-style?
I’m so tired of watching, listening to and fruitlessly trying to reclaim these souls that love conspiracy theories more than life.
Kenney's support comes mostly from the those on the far right, like Elon Musk. He should join the other two leading clowns and run as a Republican. Kennedy and his idiot followers want to send us back to the dark ages.
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr., would be aghast at the utter BS that his son is pushing.
Thank you for this story. The performative buffoonery of these wealthy attention mongers is killing people.
Polio is back because of guys like Kennedy. 5 counties last I saw, which was awhile ago. If you live there and you are vaccinated but immunosuppressed, you may still get it. I hope very soon people or their families suffering lifelong consequences or dying from measles, polio, etc., will sue Kennedy, Rogan, Musk, etc., for all they have.
These billionaires backing RFK Jr. are conceited, supercilious, dangerous creeps just like he is. They're revealing themselves. Thanks Judd for keeping an eye on them and exposing them. Please keep us posted. Let's never buy their cars, watch their shows, give them the time of day, etc. They're filthy rich trash. As for RFK, Jr., he's a creep of obvious note. Vaccine nonsense that kills people. Using his family name to do harm. Read about how he treated and lied about his second wife, who committed suicide, or about his diary filled with notes and numbers about his numerous extramarital affairs. He's dangerous, as are his supporters and backers, which include Bannon, Flynn, Stone, Musk, Dorsey, Sacks and other threats to a free, democratic, and fair world. RFK, Jr. is the opposite of his father and namesake. Sickening.
It is exactly this misuse of media platforms that worries me deeply. What was originally created with hopes to educate and improve our society as metastasized into a monster of deception and lies. Our freedom of speech is so precious; to see it misused this way pains me deeply. Thank you Judd for this story.
Fyi. Dr. Hotez was harassed at his home and it was video'd for Twitter by one of Rogan's followers. The absolute craziness perpetrated on this country by billionaires like Musk and Ackerman and too often, 698 more billionaires reinforces my intense dislike of the 1%.
RFK,Jr is dangerous. If I have learned 1 thing in the past 20 years, it is the very wealthy like the Koch brothers and the Federalist Society have funded the erosion of Democracy and America as a nation to their benefit. Trump is a crooked, lying Kook, and they got him elected. Don't be sure that RFK, Jr can't dilute the vote, even if he is possiblily crooked and certainly an antivax Kook with a very recognizable family name.
On Dr. Hotez debating RFK JR., I am reminded of Richard Dawkins when he responded to a a debate challenge from a young earth creationist ... "That would look great on your CV, not so good on mine."
In debating a conspiracy theorist, the expert gains nothing while the nut job gains credibility simply by being in the stage.
If RFK Jr. had a different surname he'd be a mid level YouTube conspiracy peddler.
His candidacy and support is an example of the "horseshoe theory" which states that the closer beliefs converge as you get to the left/right fringe. Anti-vaxx quackery used to be the domain of Berkeley hippies. It is notable, though, that a recent poll shows he has higher favorables among Republicans than he does with Democrats.
The name Andrew Wakefield should ring a bell for some people. He perpetuated one of the biggest frauds in medicine regarding vaccines way back in the 90s. And his influence to the detriment of all of us is still ongoing. See the articles below.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/
https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452
https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0310-248b
Dr. Peter Hotez is a brilliant and compassionate man who, I believe, does have an autistic child. He stands by his statement that vaccines do not cause autism. He gave a lecture at one of my classes at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health when I was there and he knows what he is talking about..
Robert Kennedy Jr is a lawyer, not a scientist. That alone should scare you, you know: a lawyer doing science.
Topics that are “a LITTLE bit controversial”? How about deadly? As always, Judd, thanks for painting the picture in its full degree of gravity. Money can not buy intelligence, obviously, which may be a good thing considering the small percentage of people in the upper percentiles of income.
Idiocracy at its finest.
Sad that lots of people will perish because of this guy and his billionaire supporters.
This is just disgusting behavior from the talk radio deplorables--of course, not just talk radio, but the other right wing media outlets too. Remember when we were referred to as 'ugly Americans', because we were rude, or didn't even attempt to appreciate a country's culture or language, just stomped all over it with our self righteous entitled attitudes? Well, now we're doing it to other Americans and we are ugly on steroids. What has happened? Don't even get me started on RFK Jr. I would like to get off of this ride please.
This is just gross. To think this is where our nation is on public health initiatives is really disturbing. Did people feel this way when a vaccine eradicated Polio? The Internet really has messed us up and AI is going to be 100x worse. And Twitter is a horrid cesspool of disinformation run by a racist, ignorant little boy
So, what if we just let this “Bad Kennedy” have his day in the sun, and the ignorant lemmings that follow him over the cliff are eliminated in spectacular Darwin-style?
I’m so tired of watching, listening to and fruitlessly trying to reclaim these souls that love conspiracy theories more than life.
Kenney's support comes mostly from the those on the far right, like Elon Musk. He should join the other two leading clowns and run as a Republican. Kennedy and his idiot followers want to send us back to the dark ages.
Kennedy is a despicable character who knows nothing of science. He’d rather people die than actually get health care and preventative vaccines.