Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Waffles on Glyphosates to Cover Policy Weakness | Defend Public Health

When Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage the domestic production of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, Kennedy’s MAHA supporters were angry. Kennedy told listeners that glyphosate is does not harm organic tissue but may contribute to food allergies and celiac disease. Secretary of Health's waffle on glyphosate is a rare example of Trump administration policies opposing MAHA goals.

Yet again, USA:

#ImpeachRFKJr.

Require that the state goverments expand vaccine mandates.

And get the kids their shots.

QT CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social‬
2026 March 27

In youngest US kids, vaccine uptake drops for flu, hepatitis B, rotavirus, pneumococcal, & Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines.

Read more on the report: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/youngest-us-kids-uptake-drops-flu-hepatitis-b-3-other-vaccines

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In youngest US kids, uptake drops for flu, hepatitis B, 3 other vaccines

CIDRAP

The #CDC under #RFKJr: "agency scientists are being sidelined, political appointees are taking charge and a vital public health institution is being remade into a vehicle for ideologues." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/23/magazine/trump-rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-maha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.1sGU.Xl2u5a-Kl8rx&smid=url-share

#ImpeachRFKJr

Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees

Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

The New York Times
RFK Jr. Touts Food as Medicine. He Often Overstates the Science, Experts Say.

The nation's health secretary recently claimed that diet can 'cure' schizophrenia and diabetes

Yesterday, absolute chaos unfolded in the wake of a federal judge's decision to block actions off HHS Sec. Kennedy's hand-picked (anti)vaccine advisors. The Guardian recounts the circus, with comments from me for Defend Public Health https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/acip-vaccine-advisory-committee

#vaccines #RFKJr #ImpeachRFKJr

Confusion abounds over future of US vaccine advisory committee

Former ACIP members make contradictory statements following judge essentially invalidating panel and recent decisions

The Guardian
Judge will rule against Kennedy’s declaration on gender-affirming care

A U.S. district judge said he will vacate a declaration by Kennedy that asserted gender-affirming care for young trans people does not meet medical standards of care. 

STAT
"The most important factors affecting the vital signs for federal #vaccine policy, which we count on to help protect our country from vaccine-preventable diseases, are largely unchanged and continue to be dire: Kennedy is still leading #HHS. Anti-vaccine advocates continue to hold senior roles within the #CDC, and although ACIP is in limbo its appointees are a court ruling away from being back in business." https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/viewpoint-uncertain-victories-mustn-t-distract-us-staying-focused-defending
#RFKJr #ImpeachRFKJr
Viewpoint: Uncertain victories mustn’t distract us from staying focused on defending health

CIDRAP

Nope.

And, yet again, USA:

Remove Mehmet Oz and #ImpeachRFKJr.

QT Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app‬
2026 March 17

“Google is partnering with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on an initiative for consumers to gather and store their personal medical records on the Fitbit app, the company said at an event Tuesday”
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