RFK, Jr, let me count the ways…

…that you are NOT. SUITABLE. for the position of the head of HHS. Because you really, truly aren’t, sir. Yes, I am going to rant again. Because I can.

Let’s start with fluoride in the water. Ohhhhhh nooooo it’s an industrial waste! Uhm, no. Wrong. It’s an enormous achievement in public health, reducing dental disease for children, even for those who don’t really have access to dentistry. Follow-up studies show a 50% and more reduction in cavities over time. That’s something to keep, not stop! And ooo I just found out that you can recommend changes on this ‘til you’re blue in the face (ha, blue) but recommendations are all you can do. That’s ALL. No forcing on this one.

So what stupidity shall we choose next? Hmmmmmm. I vote for vaccines. Those SAVE lives, but with all the anti-vaxxers out there, diseases are coming back to life – measles and tuberculosis, to mention just 2. He founded and has been leading the anti-vax group Children’s Health Defense, for nearly two decades, yet he says he is not anti-vax and has had his children immunized. RFK, Jr,  haven’t you heard the saying “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”?? You wildly swing from one side to the other, yes vaccines, no vaccines, yes, no, yes, no, which does nothing for you except make you look like an idiot. Well, ok, more of an idiot, since you already are one. I hope I’m not hurting your feelings too much with the truth. And your disproven claim that childhood vaccines cause autism? I guess they make DNA changes or that wouldn’t happen, right? That disinformation was debunked a long time ago, and apparently, you refuse to remember that. Or you don’t believe it. I’m going for the don’t remember. Plus, bonus, heh, I just found out that stock in the vaccine companies fell after your selection for HHS was announced. That is not a good look, sir.

Here’s another. HIV doesn’t cause AIDs? What were you smoking under that rock???!!!

Last but certainly, very much, a whole lot (I could go on and on) NOT least, a simple search shows there are more than 800,000 Federal employees for HHS, and a total of 13 operating divisions, 10 in the US Public Health Service and 3 human services agencies. I’ll be good and only list them by their abbreviations. I can do a search so I’m SURE you can too! (What, you don’t like my humor?)

ACF

ACL

ARPA-H

ASPR

AHRQ

ATSDR

CDC (you should already know this one.)

CMS

FDA

HRSA

HIS

NIH

SAMSHA

Elizabeth Barrett Browning would like her sonnet back. She’s disgusted with the way you have mangled it … and likely will mangle everything you touch. Not. Qualified.

There ya go, another rant is finished.

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