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(updated with better link)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-meets-with-vaccine-skeptic-robert-kennedy-jr/
After the meeting concluded, Kennedy told reporters that Mr. Trump had asked him to chair a commission on vaccination safety and scientific integrity. Kennedy said he told Mr. Trump he would chair such a commission, and that their meeting was held at Mr. Trumps request.
Kennedy, the eldest son of liberal icon Sen. Robert Kennedy, was best known as an environmental advocate before increasingly devoting his time to the supposed dangers of vaccines.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly shared his belief that there is a link between vaccines and autism.
Couple of fucking morons.
Sid
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)kimbutgar
(21,147 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)with Trump about climate change, in the hope that maybe he could have a positive impact. I don't judge him for that at all.
But these anti-vaccine people are crazy.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)any minute now. It can't be real. I never could have imagined anything could get this bad.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)RedWedge
(618 posts)pdxflyboy
(675 posts)Most of these appointments reek of POS Steve Bannon's advice.
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)We know he has no empathy. We know he only cares about himself and things/people that are a reflection of himself. Is it possible those rumors about his son are true? Blame the vaccine so his DNA or actions couldn't possibly be blamed. Skipping of course the science which is they have no idea what causes autism.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)It does lend some air of legitimacy to the rumors about Barron. Which if true are quite possibly due to the age Trump was (60) when the child was conceived, and that's not something Trump would ever admit to being the fault of his aging. Which in turn led him to find something else to blame. Thus a new anti-vaxxer was created.
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Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)doc03
(35,336 posts)piece of dog shit?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Time to bring those days back again. Watch Trump's supporters line up to sacrifice their children so they can make the libruls mad. A haw-haw-haw!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)My apologies, I hadn't seen your post yet when I posted mine.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
mcar
(42,329 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)I never figured him for a useful idiot. Sad.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,980 posts)Under "Don't Bash Democratic figures"
Sweet Baby Jesus.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Then again, so is having an anti-vaxxer PETUS.
We're living in very interesting times.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)that's just silly.
Sid
spanone
(135,831 posts)Robert F. would be appalled
Cattledog
(5,914 posts)delisen
(6,043 posts)Every parent/caregiver should know that there can be adverse reactions to vaccinations, and some of these may result in permanent damage. Statistically it is probably much better to have recommended vaccinations than leave ones child unprotected; and it protects all of us from some hideous, damaging diseases.
Kennedy has had his children vaccinated, despite his specific.belief in a link to autism. He is concerned that there is now a profit motive in vaccinating that did not exist decades ago-and that it has influenced research.
I don't know the details for each vaccine and damage associated with it.
<https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/coveredvaccines/index.html>
<https://thinkprogress.org/robert-kennedy-jr-blasts-vaccine-science-compares-it-to-tobacco-companies-denying-cancer-link-fa21f259a2a9#.dfav7qufg>
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)If this admin starts supporting the anti-vaxxers and horrible previously extinct diseases outbreak, people may turn on Trump.
I'd hate to see that happen. At the expense of kids.
Crap, we need to board our dogs for the weekend and the kennel won't take them without an "interview" and proof of shots. But kids don't need them to go to school. Maybe we will need to open private schools.