Liam EganFeb 28
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Cover of the Feb 28, 2026 issue of The Lancet (one of the world's leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823) has this sentence as the main body of the page -

"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."

Same could be said for science in general under trump.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol407no10531/PIIS0140-6736(26)X2006-2#closeFullCover
Full editorial at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext
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Feb 27 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Feb 28

Another summary of the death and destruction of science under RFK Jr. at HHS.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-year-of-rfk-jr-has-changed-american-science/
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How a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science

After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine

Scientific American
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Feb 28

"RFK Jr. knows that he must do something to hide the heartbreaking outcomes of his anti-vaccine campaign .

His plan - If the public doesn’t know the actual number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by influenza and COVID, they can continue to withhold vaccines with impunity. And if state and local health depts don’t know about the areas of greatest risk for outbreaks, they won’t launch immunization clinics in regions with low vaccination rates."

https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/what-rfk-jrs-cdc-doesnt-want-you
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What RFK Jr.’s CDC Doesn’t Want You to Know

The CDC is withholding critical information about vaccine-preventable diseases from the American public. Why?

Beyond the Noise
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Feb 28

"But ICE’s enforcement strategy is not the only Trump administration policy that deserves public pushback. HHS Secretary RFK Jr has launched a crusade to dismantle long-established medical and scientific practices that ensure public health. The consequences of Kennedy’s policy actions are likely to be more far reaching than ICE.

How is it that Kennedy can march forward without an equal amount of outraged protest from the public?"

https://www.newsweek.com/where-are-the-protests-against-rfk-jrs-sickening-policies-opinion-11589416
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Where Are the Protests Against RFK Jr's Sickening Policies?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has launched a crusade to dismantle long-established medical and scientific practices that ensure public health.

Newsweek
Show threada.k.a. low-profileFeb 27
@AkaSci I would say yes, there will be collateral fall out, but my faith in how mass action can re-write wrongs, just as quickly as they are dealt, gives me hope going forward.
Show threadMastodon MigrationFeb 28

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Still reeling from this dinner conversation...

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115967932244481400

Show threadMastodon MigrationFeb 28

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Scary side note. The whole FDA refusing to review Moderna vaccine thing from a few weeks ago may have roots in them actually not having the ability any longer to conduct such an approval process. Let that sink in.

Show threadTofu GolemFeb 28
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The US is a third world country now.
Show threadgaryMar 1
@AkaSci they just ignore him #tacit meta comm
Show threadԎєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪Mar 1
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from 1st day I wonder what other members of Kennedy-Shriver clan talk about him. Such a cringe disgrace for his dead father he is. When did his mental decay begin ?
His mother lived so long healthy and practiced the ice bucket challange 2014.
Are there other Kennedys that have similar psycho deseases ? Is it s.th inherited ?