It's the latest move by Kennedy – a prominent vaccine skeptic – to change and potentially undermine vaccinations in the U.S. since he took the helm at HHS.
        • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          Yeah, this is the most depressing thing about the move - we are only 11% through the term, and best case is we remove them in 2029, but even if we do, we’re going to be digging ourselves into the hole until then.

          • Blum0108@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 days ago

            And god forbid they ever take power a few years later and destroy everything again. The sad thing is that it takes longer to build than to destroy.

  • sampao@lemmy.ml
    40·
    2 days ago

    Why is it that the senile white men are in charge of things? I think ageism might be needed to set age limits for elected officials. They don’t have the best interests of anyone younger than them in mind

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      8·
      2 days ago

      There’s that problem, plus the problem that the current crop of old white men are also Nazis.

    • altphoto@lemmy.today
      2·
      2 days ago

      May I suggest state limits?

      Like if you’re in charge of retirement plans you must have retired…50 to 70 years old for example.

      70 to death…have fun at anywhere else other than government

      If you’re in charge of the drug administration you must have a PhD in something related to viruses, vaccines, chemistry, biology.

      If you’re in charge of regulating pollution you must have never worked for a pollution generating company… Big oil being #1. But must have gone to school and have a background on energy generation for example solar, wind, atomic, LNG, hydrogen, etc.

      Like in some instances age plays a big role, in others knowledge plays a big role. And maybe us the people should vote on the rules too?

    • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
      62·
      2 days ago

      A big part was “progressive morality” trolls dividing the Democratic party vote and discouraging voters from voting for Harris.

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      5·
      2 days ago

      If bird flu kicks off, it may be tens or hundreds of millions of dead Americans to come.

        • floofloof@lemmy.ca
          7·
          2 days ago

          Except it won’t be natural. It will be selection by wealth, since richer people can afford to eat better, keep more active, be less stressed, and get healthcare others can’t access. Poor people are more vulnerable but not because of some natural disadvantage.