Summary
Over 15,000 doctors, through the Committee to Protect Health Care, urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services, citing his anti-vaccine advocacy, promotion of conspiracy theories, and lack of qualifications.
Critics, including Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, warn his leadership would endanger public health. Supporters claim opposition is driven by pharmaceutical interests.
Kennedy’s confirmation would require near-unanimous Republican support in the Senate.
Advocacy groups are campaigning against his appointment, emphasizing his alleged role in spreading misinformation during past public health crises.
The only thing he’s right about is the junk we have in our food and chemicals that are banned in the EU but allowed to be in our food
There are also many ingredients banned in the US that aren’t in the EU. This trend of focusing on food ingredients misses the bigger picture.
While processed food is generally garbage, our food supply is generally safe, the real issue is healthy, whole foods aren’t accessible enough.
That’s the sad thing. RFK is “right” about a lot, not just about health but about what happened in the election, but that doesn’t make the bad bundled with him OK.
Some people are crazy or corrupt and should absolutely not hold office, but that doesn’t necessarily invalidate points they raise… But apparently we can’t have it that way. We go all in someone or bury, nothing in between
You are correct that it doesn’t necessarily invalidate points they raise. But if you’re dealing with somebody who is crazy or corrupt AND they represent the party famous for arguing in bad faith, it’s probably a waste of time to evaluate whether or not you can trust a given thing they say.
And banning those advertisements.
And the EU allows food that we don’t in ours, like Cyclamate. Raw milk and unwashed eggs are all perfectly legal too.
They’re not perfect.
Becsuse washing eggs makes them spoil easier as it ruins the bloom which protects the eggs from pathogens.
The risk here is so non-existent, that I can safely eat my eggs raw. This is an official stance of the Finnish health authorities.
I trust them saying that.
But if RFK said that about American eggs, I would laugh out loud.
Most American bread sold here has to be marketed as dessert, because of the high sugar content. I mean, there really isn’t demand for it, but you’ll sometimes see some in some novel “America” shelves/sections.
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I, too, normally eat my eggs with the shell still attached.
And you realize that egg shells are porous? Unwashed eggs are sealed, and that’s one of the reasons why Europe can sell eggs without even refrigeration.
Unwashed eggs have a much shorter shelf life before the salmonella gets through the porous shell.
The EU sells unrefrigerated eggs because they’re fresher - they spoil significantly faster than American eggs.
Their eggs are fine.
Sure, never said they were. But they ban alot of chemicals that are harmful and judging on health outcomes and obesity rates they seem to have it better.
EU health and obesity rates have way more to do with urbanism than diet and health outcomes compared to the USA is such a useless comparison. America’s trying to kill you off the moment you get sick. Pay or die: yeah no wonder it’s such a shit show.