[thread] RFK Jr. | RFKjr | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.

* politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, conspiracy theorist
* promoted anti-vaccine misinformation public-health conspiracy theories
* deeply devout Catholic
* advisory personnel for Trump2

[thread] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110622836476539878

#RFKjr #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #disinformation #DHHS
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Wikipedia

What happens when vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/13/nx-s1-5188676/trump-election-2024-vaccines-rfk

* Trump will let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. go wild on health
* pediatricians nervous re: RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine rhetoric
* vaccine skeptic Joseph Ladapo became FL surgeon general
* vaccine hesitancy worsened

RFK Jr.: Trump will recommend ridding fluoride in drinking water
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437373800447856

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No Surprise RFK Jr. Endorsed Trump: Both Backed by Billionaire Timothy Mellon
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113018599390724885

RFK Jr.-Aligned SuperPAC Draws Heavily f. 2 Megadonors [Tim Mellon]
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110821492931716296

RFK Jr. , Foe of COVID Lockdowns, Wants to Lock Out Economic Migrants
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110869664145345186

RFK Jr. Sucks Up to Musk on Twitter
Gives Away Game at Moms for Liberty Summit
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110622863210048094

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Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.

CTVNews
Trump Officially Gives RFK Jr. Chance to Destroy Country’s Health

Donald Trump has formally offered brainworm-infested vaccine truther Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a role in his Cabinet.

The New Republic

Trump HHS pick RFK Jr.'s views on vaccines, abortion, LGBTQ+ issues
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/robert-f-kennedy-hhs-vaccines-abortions-lgbtq

* DHS: vast power/influence
* disease prevention/monitoring, LGBTQ+ health access, reproductive health
* fringe views could undo decades of progress against spread of infectious diseases
* transphobia/anti-LGBT conspiracy theories

#RFKjr #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #disinformation #DeptHealth #DHHS
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #homophobia #transphobia

77 Past Nobel Prize Winners Tell Senators to Reject RFK Jr. HHS Nomination
https://truthout.org/articles/77-past-nobel-prize-winners-tell-senators-to-reject-rfk-jr-hhs-nomination
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/health/kennedy-hhs-nobel-laureates.html

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/dc76bcf7a85102f7/81adbc30-full.pdf

“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put public’s health in jeopardy”

* RFK Jr. presumptive Dir Dept Health & Human Services
* noted conspiracy theorist
* peddles debunked claims against vaccines

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77 Past Nobel Prize Winners Tell Senators to Reject RFK Jr. HHS Nomination

“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” the Nobel laureates stated.

Truthout

“The Dr. Who Fooled the World”: Author Slams RFK’s Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew Wakefield
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/andrew_wakefield_vaccine

* author/investigative journalist Brian Deer
* debunked disgraced ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent claims vaccines linked to autism
* Wakefield & Trump2 nom. Sec. Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. major leaders of anti-vaccine movement
* “They basically run this movement together”

#AndrewWakefield #RFKjr #antivax
#Trump2 #fascism #DHHS #HHS

“The Dr. Who Fooled the World”: Author Slams RFK’s Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew Wakefield

Author and investigative journalist Brian Deer, who debunked disgraced ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent claims that vaccines were linked to autism, says that Wakefield and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, are major leaders of the anti-vaccine movement. “They basically run this movement together,” he says.

Democracy Now!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed Trump2 health secretary
https://19thnews.org/2025/02/robert-f-kennedy-jr-confirmed-health-secretary

* anti-vaccine activist
* will shape U.S. fed. abortion policy
* conspiracy theorist

U.S. Senate confirms vaccine opponent RFK Jr. as health secretary
https://www.science.org/content/article/senate-confirms-robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccine-opponent-health-secretary

* responsible for U.S.’ public health/biomedical research agencies

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