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"One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with
“improving the health, safety, and well-being of America”—is how confidently he
distorts the basics of health, safety, and well-being.
In his short stint as health secretary, Kennedy has touted cod-liver oil as a
valid measles treatment (it’s not), said that Americans are being “poisoned” by
seed oils (they’re not), and claimed that “many” vaccines are not adequately
safety-tested (they are). And he has readily cherry-picked and exaggerated
findings to suit his own needs: “There’s a scientist at Harvard now who is
curing schizophrenia with a carnivore diet,” he said at a press conference in
March (it’s not a carnivore diet, and it’s not a cure).
The secretary also seems to think he knows what causes autism, a topic that
scientists have been looking into for decades without producing a simple,
clear-cut result, M. Daniele Fallin, a genetic epidemiologist at Emory
University, told me. Kennedy, however, is adamant that a series of new
investigations by his department will reveal at least “some of the answers” by
September. “And we will be able to eliminate those exposures,” he said at a
recent Cabinet meeting.
Since its first days, the new Trump administration has clearly shown where it
thinks scientific attention should not be focused: It has attempted to censor
federal scientific data, cut billions in government spending on research, and
compromised care for some of the world’s most at-risk populations. Now, as the
nation’s leaders have begun to encourage inquiry into specific areas, they are
signaling that they’re willing not just to slash and burn research that
challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies
designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
