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riversedge

(69,721 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 08:56 AM Jan 2017

Robert Kennedy Jr and the vaccines conspiracy theory...and Trump appointing him as advisor

I am a little slow on the draw for some things but it finally hit me yesterday as I was driving home from work. I missed the beginning of a NPR Wisconsin Public radio--but caught the end of it. The guest--some well known authority on vaccinations per the Host-was saying that the Science has spoken--98% of medical scientists ago with the need for vaccinations. At the end the Host asked about the schedule--and he said YES, it has worked well and no need to change it. He also discussed the large doses (must have been referring to Donald's tweet and him appointing RFK Jr.-but as I said, I missed the beginning).

Anyway, the medical scientist said that preservatives are only in the Larger dose bottles, which daily medical offices do not use for several years now. Single doses are prepared for administration.

Trump loves conspiracy theories and RFK Jr. supplies him with one, which he finds on those RW sites that he reads. CLICK!!




Fringe Flirtation

What Could Trump Really Do to Vaccines?


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/13/what-could-trump-really-do-to-vaccines.html

Are the president-elect’s anti-vaccine tweets and meetings with leading anti-vaxxers a signal he’s going to change U.S. immunization policy? And does he really have the power to do so?






Brandy Zadrozny

01.13.17 12:03 AM ET

Members of anti-vaccine fringe groups have taken Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as a sign that his promise to “Drain the Swamp” will extend to the country’s immunization policy-makers.

But it is unclear just how much sway Trump could have over childhood vaccinations. There are no federal laws mandating vaccinations. The task of regulating public health generally falls to the states, and immunization requirements are no different. All 50 states require school-aged children be immunized. Every state includes an exemption for medical reasons, and most others—excluding California, Mississippi, and West Virginia—allow parents to opt out based on religious or philosophical beliefs............................




..............While the federal government—and thus the president—has little say in who must be vaccinated, it has considerable power over policy, much of which is set at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that will be led by an as-of-yet unknown Donald Trump appointee.

Trump’s pick will be charged with developing the vaccination schedule, which states rely on for their school requirement laws. The president-elect has made it clear he objects to the agency’s current recommendations, tweeting in 2014, “I’m not against vaccinations for your children, I’m against them in 1 massive dose. Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!”

A TWEET from donny in 2014



Donald J. Trump Verified account
?@realDonaldTrump

I'm not against vaccinations for your children, I'm against them in 1 massive dose.Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!


10:10 AM - 4 Sep 2014
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@realDonaldTrump The Science has spoken Donald. Stop listening to conspiracy theories that are spread on RW websites such as Breitbart!
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Tiernan Douieb ?@TiernanDouieb 4 Sep 2014

. @realDonaldTrump I'm not against you saying individual words, but if you stopped putting them into sentences people will be happier.
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Robert Kennedy Jr and the vaccines conspiracy theory...and Trump appointing him as advisor (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2017 OP
Trump's reportedly a big Infowars and Alex Jones admirer, Hortensis Jan 2017 #1

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. Trump's reportedly a big Infowars and Alex Jones admirer,
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:15 PM
Jan 2017

so it's easy to imagine him picking up these shallow, short-sentence notions there, which he cannot check against that internal fund of knowledge adults are supposed to have accumulated.

Every single subject is going to be a learning experience--when he allows himself to be lead to the most basic, inadequate understanding.

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