Well you better start getting your vaccines now while you still can. RFK Jr is now confirmed as head of HHS. Your thoughts?

[Still-alive]

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-questioned-rising-autism-rates-experts-gets/story?id=118648320

Also official the republicans have officially sold every ounce of their soul to Trump. They functionally aren’t even a check on his power as they should be any longer.

Kennedy has continued to make misleading or false statements about the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine — including some that were linked to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019 — even as evidence shows they’re untrue. When it comes to vaccines, Offit said, “he’s a science denialist.”

I would also hold off on having kids for the next 4 years. If we suffer a terrible measles or even a polio outbreak it will be absolutely tragic to our children who can’t get the vaccines.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

There is going to be a lot of disinformation in the next 4 years which is just going to make these conspiracy theories worse because they will sound more official coming from the government. We have to be more vigilant than ever to fight back against this campaign, ensure we and our loved ones get vaccinated and pray we don't see an outbreak of something that was long thought eradicated.

[Still-alive]

Oh yeah it would be great if the blue state governors for example would put up a website specifically debunking whatever wild claims they make. Gavin Newsom did it with the la fires. We should do that for every thing they do or say.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

That's a terrific idea though i fear that it won't be enough to fight against the disinformation. We need good information coming in and media calling out bad information as being incorrect.

Unfortunately media is too scared to anger Trump and I fear they are going to give legitimacy to these conspiracy theories.

[purplepoppy]

Don't. The only way is to let people see the consequences of not having vacs. Until the bodies pile up people will continue to believe the conspiracy theories.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

They will turn it around and say they are dying because of the vaccines or that they had the vaccine and it didn't work. Don't underestimate the stupidity of these people. They need a good conspiracy theory to thrive even if it means they invent one.

[Apple1996]

Autism is genetic so I hate when people think it's from vaccines 🤦‍♀️

[Still-alive]

Yeah the autism link to vaccines thing has long been debunked by now

[purplepoppy]

Childhood mortality rates in America are nearly twice that of Europe including our poorer countries. The anti vac movement has a lot to do with that and it's only going to get worse.

[call_me_scar]

We need more luigi mangiones

[Still-alive]

Sadly it might one day have to come to that

[call_me_scar]

It should have already diplomacy ain't gonna work with these fuckers we got more than a few bad apples we got a bad tree

[DrPepper12]

Polio