Some people I work with

[milestogo]

said they were excited about RFK Jr being named as HHS secretary. They weren't being sarcastic. Usually nobody says anything political, but now they are all coming out as MAGA. These are well educated people who voted for Trump.

[SheltieLover]

1. Awwwww, I'm so sorry, Miles.

[milestogo]

8. Thanks SL

[SheltieLover]

17. Tell your pupper all about them!

I'm sure pupper will empathize!

[flying_wahini]

2. Wow! I would assume that they haven't had any vaccines then.

Stupid fucks.

[milestogo]

5. Weirdly, at least three of them are ex-military

Can you refuse vaccines in the military? If you're going to be deployed to foreign countries, can you just refuse to take vaccines?

[Traildogbob]

11. Not when I served

Every cruise we headed out on, we had to form a line, sleeves up and walk through a barrage of high pressure air guns shooting both arms full.
Don’t move, the vaccine stream will rip your arm open.

[Skittles]

45. us gals laughed at the guys who fainted

it was always the guys

[MiHale]

79. Guy in front of me jerked...

Had rips across his chest…don’t think I ever stood so still.

[Traildogbob]

84. Oh hell

First day of boot. There was a food contamination that blew up into a bacteria nightmare.
We were lined up against a wall and told to drop trousers. Then those asshole medics (pecker checkers) pretended as though they were gonna throw darts.
We all got a dose, glob, of cold ass penicillin in the ass.
A painful lump for days, and March March March.
Where was Bobby then???

[Skittles]

44. any veterans who voted for Trump are a FUCKING DISGRACE

I would ask them flat-out WHY DO YOU SUPPORT FASCISM

[Meowmee]

67. No you can't at least in the past

and you get a lot of them all at once mostly. But there were I think medical and if you can believe it religious exemptions. The covid vaccine mandate was rescinded at some point I think though.

[kairos12]

81. LOL!

When I was in vaccines weren't choose from Column A or B.

[Keepthesoulalive]

3. They have degrees but they are not well educated

They are indoctrinated .

[milestogo]

6. Like Musk

you can be a technical genius but have no common sense.

[Lokee11]

55. He is not a genius

He is a rich boy who latched onto others and rode their genius to his benefit.

He is not illiterate though - unlike that Orange piece of 💩.

FUCK FAKE GENIUS MUSK!
FDT✊!

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. Education does not guarantee

intelligent. Some of the smartest people I know never went to college. And I know ivy league graduates who are complete idiots.

[Omnipresent]

7. He will always be "Bob" to me.

[Traildogbob]

9. 🍆🥔

This is What they wanted and what they will get. I will laugh at the horror they also will receive.
But, I will stay raged at them shitting on the graves of dead soldiers, especially WWII hero’s.
🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔

[Irish_Dem]

10. Apparently their education has not produced clear thinking.

To defy all science and advocate no vaccinations for the American population is suicidal.

[Butterflylady]

21. It was told to me, that really smart people....

Have absolutely NO common sense. I truly believe that with republicans today...

[Irish_Dem]

23. I think it depends. Some smart people have a lot of common sense.

But even high IQ does not protect a person from being horribly misguided by emotion or bias.

[Tickle]

12. I see it at my work

They have been emboldened.

It's going to be a long 4 years if you ask me.

[Emile]

13. They must have graduated from Trump University.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. What does that wormy loon know about science or managing large bureaucracies?

[travelingthrulife]

72. Nothing. That's why they picked him.

He's just one of their many chaos agents.

[LizBeth]

15. I had a coworker this morning tell me so. She is the most uninformed person and I have

Had to educate why tariffs will increase cost. Why it is an issue dock workers striking and her husband drives rigs for Walmart. I told her wtf, the most CT driven person in our health and she says he aligns with her belief with health. So all of the rest of us have to follow her voodoo health beliefs. Blew my mind.

[Biophilic]

16. It takes very little education or smarts to know vacines are good.

I knew it when I was a young kid, standing in line to get my Polio vaccination. I knew it was important because I had personally felt the fear and loss of at least one friend. It doesn't take brains to understand how important some things are. It takes willfulness and hatred, and yes, some level of stupidity.

[CrispyQ]

28. My grandfather walked with a cane because he got polio at 17. Hell yes we got the vax! -nt

[Skittles]

46. yeah OK

sure bro

[Skittles]

56. cases of long covid FAR exceed cases of "covid vax complications"

WE ALREADY GET ENOUGH MISINFORMATION, WE DON'T NEED MORE

DONE HERE

[Biophilic]

60. You've been here all of one day and you're already shouting.

Doctors have been known to make mistakes but rarely have they done so after years of research and the heartbreak of babies dying young way too young. I grew up in the 40s and 50s. I remember. Vaccines work to save lives.

[RandomNumbers]

71. Enjoy your stay.

Brief as it may be.

For the record, RFK Jr is against other vaccines that have a long track record of success in preventing disease.

It is apparent that for this administration, the suffering is the point.

[mercuryblues]

61. That was more than misinformation

That was a complete total lie

After my transplant, I had to get revaccinated for every childhood disease there, is and no way in hell that I get dozens at the same time.

And they were spread out over two years time. These anti-VAX can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

I hold them and complete total contempt because of what they have put me through with their anti-VAX Bullshit.

[Skittles]

62. that was a complete and total TROLL

they are so fucking obvious

[JoseBalow]

63. Even drumpf's trolls are pathetically incompetent

[NoRethugFriends]

57. Take a hike

Nobody intelligent buys your COVID vax crap

[hunter]

80. Many people who watched friends and family die from COVID-19 still believe this anti-vax shit.

It's just insane.

When I was a kid I was hit hard by the mumps virus. I would never want my own children to suffer that. Of course we got them vaccinated.

[The Wizard]

18. They're well trained

Educated applies to those who can critically think and comprehend concepts.

[DaddyShark]

19. RFK JR

I'm not anti-vaccinne at all and have gotten and plan to get my young daughter all the recommended vaccines from her doctor. But if there's any good thing that can come with RFK being in a health role, it's the calling out of the poisons in our food. I used to think people who were anti-GMO were crazy, but I started looking into it a little more and there's just too many things for it just to be a coincidence. For example, I wasn't alive in the 70's (was born in the 80s), but when I look at photos or videos of people from the 1970's and before that, one thing you notice is that seeing overweight people is extremely rare. Or at least severely overweight, as in more than 20 pounds overweight. Almost everyone I have seen from that era and before was super thin. And I don't buy that there was no lazy people in the 70s, or that they all ate healthy home cooked meals every day, and they all worked out regularly at the gym. That's gotta be bs, because in most other ways they weren't very health concious at all. The majority of them were smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and drinking a lot more alcohol than Americans do today. Mcdonald's was also huge in the 60's and 70's. People ate it like crazy. The difference? It's not the same mcdonalds. They fried the french fries and other food in beef tallow back then instead of whatever weird lab created vegetable oil that they use now.

But the timeline really makes sense in the grand scheme of things. We started using bioengineering in food in the early 80s, and it really took off in the 90's and beyond. Which is the exact timeline of when obesity rates started to skyrocket in this country. One of the arguments against GMO is that your body doesn't fully recognize it as food and doesn't process it the same way that it does with natural food, which causes you to eat more of it as the body is trying to get something that's not found in the food you are eating, so you don't feel satisfied and it causes you to overeat.

The fact that most of Europe has banned bioengineered ingredients in their foods should really tell you something as well. It's something that should be looked into very hard. But since the reason they started using these ingredients in the first place was to cut costs and increase profits, banning bioengineered ingredients will likely increase costs of food though. Which is already really expensive. But I think it's a price that might be worth paying to save the health of our children and our country.

[milestogo]

24. But does the secy of HHS really have anything to do with that?

And who looks to the secretary of HHS for dietary advice? Most people don't even listen to their doctors, much less a politician.

Someone who pans vaccines in the middle of a global epidemic just has really poor judgment.

[LisaM]

29. No way the Trump administration will ban GMO food.

I happen to agree that GMO food should be banned, too. But, it won't be under a Trump administration, no matter how much RFK bleats about it. This appointment is straight up about vaccines and peoples being upset about what they saw as mandates.

[obamanut2012]

47. Do you think "chemicals" make you gay?

Or cause AIDS? Or vax cause autism?

Do you agree with how he basically murdered people on Anerica Samoa?

Do you think ADHD doesn't exist? Or depression?

Do you thi k people on meds should be made to live on wellness farms for several years so they can get over being depressed or having ADHD or certain disabilities by eating organic food while performing manual labor?

[DaddyShark]

66. Nope

I don't agree with any of that stuff. But if most of the developed world is banning GMO's, its something we should look into as well.

[Meowmee]

68. nonsense

[Fish700]

73. I think the two packs of cigs a day was a big factor in people being thinner before the 1990s

Also a lot more people went outside and moved around.

[peregrinus]

78. Nope, I was around in the 70s

The reason for what you describe is because junk food just wasn’t as prevalent as it is today. There weren’t as many food options period and fast food was just about to take off, it hadn’t yet.

[Gore1FL]

20. Come for the brain worms. Stay for the rotten teeth. nt

[Vinca]

22. Wow. That's proof positive being "well educated" doesn't make you smart.

[LogDog75]

25. Tell them this

If RFK doesn't believe in vaccines then his version of medicine is bloodletting; that is, bleeding a patient to remove the bad blood making a person sick. Welcome to 1700s medicine.

[GoreWon2000]

26. When they and their kids die from once eradicated diseases

because there are no more vaccines, maybe then they'll wake up.

[Bmoboy]

34. But they will be dead.

[GoreWon2000]

36. Their extended families and friends will see the damage

[Skittles]

51. I honestly don't think they would care

they just do not fucking care

[GoreWon2000]

85. I'm not so sure.

[Skittles]

86. they don't give a damn about school shootings

why would they care about kids dying from preventable diseases?

[BrianTheEVGuy]

27. Hmmmmm

Perhaps we should just let Darwin do his work?

[Freethinker65]

30. Ok. Are they MAGA or are they only eating organic, chemical fearing, carb counting fanatics.

I understand trying to exercise and eat healthier, but not everyone can afford grass fed beef and shopping only organic (even if out of season) at "health food" stores, or extolling the virtues of pricy supplements. I work with some coworkers that lecture about their health routines. I especially love these same coworkers drinking sugary bought coffee drinks and processed frozen meals from Trader Joe's, and lecturing me about their work outs and gym membership. RFK appeals to them I suppose.

[Skittles]

50. I pretty much live off junk food

the last time I called in sick to work was the day the planes hit the towers

[Joe_Gadway]

31. Hot stove

Some people don't learn until they touch the hot stove.
.
Some people not even then.

[travelingthrulife]

32. Road kill and brain worms for everyone!

[Bmoboy]

33. Desperation clouds rational thought

Alternative or Complementary medicine is more acceptable to people with serious illness who have been told there is no cure or the cure is Hella expensive.

Acupuncture, homeopathy, mega vitamins - all used to be thought of as quackery.

Bobby.jr taps into that anti-establishment mindset.

Some believe big pharma and insurance are colluding to not only rip us off but to make us sick and dependent on their products while suppressing cheaper remedies.

Chicken soup for small pox, anyone?

[republianmushroom]

35. " well educated" doesn't necessary mean they have common sense.

[magicarpet]

37. Can Mother Nature cull the herd of Fascists in short order,...

... or is it expected to take some time?

(Rhetorically speaking).

[TheKentuckian]

38. Being really well educated or even brilliant in one area

does not automatically translate to any aptitude or knowledge at all in another.

Your favorite architect may well be utterly lost doing the accounting and the accountant may be worthless for podiatry who couldn't program a computer to save their lives and the programmer struggles to change the oil on a car and the mechanic makes a lousy engineer.

[Jit423]

39. Did they say why?

[Jit423]

40. Where do you work?

For Federal agency? Some people could not get clearance of pass the Civil Service exam to get employment with the Federal government and despise the people who did.

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Hope they're still excited when their children/grandkids combat the new polio, measles, and

covid epidemics.

[Liberal In Texas]

43. I hope you don't work in a hospital. n/t

[lapfog_1]

52. They might be educated, but it didn't take.

[SoCalDavidS]

54. If He Had Been Picked For Biden's Administration, The Right Would Have Protested LOUDLY. nt

[haele]

59. There are actually some Lefties who think RFK Jr. would be good.

Because he's going to go after Big Pharma, the Insurance Companies, and Big Factory Food/Agra companies that force us to eat GMOs and Junk Food.
Seriously. Theses aren't MAGA people, but they're just as dedicated to Fringe and Conspiracy thinking as RWNJs.
You know, these are lefties (not liberals) who bring cardboard tasting Soy, Kale and Pepitas casserole (base of oatmeal gruel) without even a decent pepper sauce to pour over to the company potluck while pretending they're good vegetarians who eat this at home all the time.
Disclaimer - The vegan dish was brought to the potluck by the disliked head of HR - an billboard "lefty" into CrossFit - and he snarled at everyone the next week because no one ate it after a taste; I remade it -still vegan -for the next potluck (adding home pickled artichoke hearts, sauteed mushrooms, citrus zest, balancing spices and a mild chili sauce) and it was gone in 5 minutes.

Remember, "Left" does not always mean Liberal or Progressive.
There are some pretty hardcore Lefties who are just as unwilling to accommodate other traditional Leftist policies because they don't fit in a narrowly focused Overton window.

Haele

[Meowmee]

69. They are everywhere

and they think they have the right to expose all of us to their craziness and expose and kill us with the diseases/viruses/illness that will happen due to this insanity. They don't. A lot are on the left as well. Healthcare workers as well. In my county only 70% of hospital employees were vaccinated during the pandemic, and they were allowed to keep working, exposing patients to covid. They should have all been fired. Many did not wear masks properly and removed them. I saw this and have evidence of a lot of it in one nearby hospital.

This country is full to the brim of dangerous and crazy people.

[kerouac2]

76. Education and ignorance can go hand in hand

And sadly, obviously do.

[peregrinus]

77. In one year

You won’t be able to find a single person to admit they voted for Trump. Hell it might just be 6 months

[Emile]

82. Anyone who is antivax never wore a military uniform.

[Skittles]

87. huh?

didn't you hear about all those soldiers who bought into rightwing garbage and refused covid shots?

[Emile]

88. No, were they discharged?

Vaccinations are mandatory for the health of the force. Overseas deployment requires many vaccinations.

[usonian]

83. I told my brother not to mention Joe Mercola (#1 source of disinformation and supplements) or forget speaking or email.

Forever.

Not a peep since.