Mastodawn

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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AkaSci 🛰️

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

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AkaSci 🛰️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

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AkaSci 🛰️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