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appalachiablue

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Thu Oct 31, 2024, 02:11 PM Oct 31

Trump Win Catastrophe for Public Health - RFK Jr Head HHS, AG Dept, Anti-Vaxxer, Conspiracy Theorist...

"Experts Sound Alarm Over Trump's Promise to Let RFK Jr. 'Control' Health Agencies, "RFK Jr. is an anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist," said one scientist. "A Trump win will be an absolute catastrophe for public health." Oct 30, 2024 💉
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Public health experts reacted with alarm Wednesday to reports that former President Donald Trump promised anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. control over federal agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture should the Republican nominee defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in next week's election.

Speaking at last week's bigotry-laden campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, Trump said that if he wins, he'll let Kennedy—who in August suspended his Independent presidential campaign and endorsed the GOP nominee—"go wild on health.""I'm gonna let him go wild on the foods," Trump vowed. "I'm gonna let him go wild on the medicines."...



More,
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-kennedy-federal-agencies
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Also: Make Diseases Great Again, Trump Team Says They're Coming for Vaccines,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/31/2281258/-Make-Diseases-Great-Again-Trump-team-says-they-re-coming-for-vaccines

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Trump Win Catastrophe for Public Health - RFK Jr Head HHS, AG Dept, Anti-Vaxxer, Conspiracy Theorist... (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 31 OP
And if Jill Stein wins? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 31 #1
I hope the same, that Harris-Walz win solidly, and Trump is no more. appalachiablue Oct 31 #2
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