As more and more cases of measles are confirmed, the reality that this extremely contagious disease, once effectively managed with vaccinations, could well become wide spread because of the increasing numbers of vaccine deniers is a travesty that will be owned by those individuals who spew misinformation while having no knowledge or background to support their claims. Neither RFK nor Trump are scientists or doctors, have no education in this field, and not only refuse to listen to the qualified experts but have gutted the agency that protected us. They own this disaster and the deaths it is causing.
I am wondering whether doctors are going to want to practice elsewhere. It is hard situation when the institutions to which you are belonging are run by madmen!
Since the Republicans own disinformation, living in a lawless land with a lawless president who is using our tax dollars to pay for concentration camps in El Salvador which he is not only putting legal immigrants into, but wants to put US citizens into as well. Death camps. So, given this, perhaps some of our protests should be against the Republicans in Congress who enable Trump, Musk and all of the other madmen and madwomen surrounding Madman Trump to do what they are doing.
Parents should consider moving with their children of vaccine needing age to other countries to raise while Trump is in power, or anyone like him. Or parens should have a plan of where to get them vaccinated outside of the USA.
I realize that it is difficult to find jobs, but not impossible. In countries that have health insurance for everyone, one does not need to get a job with health insurance, and can free lance. If you are a female of child bearing years you are in danger in the US, as the Christian National theocratic walls are starting to close in. Other vulnerable groups should consider this too.
I am a mom whose daughter is attending a university abroad. Here is some of what we learned from the process. My daughter is studying in Germany, which is tuition free for anyone who can get in.
If you know any foreign graduate students, let them know the University of British Columbia is taking US graduate students who apply by April 18. This is them reopening their admissions for 4 days.
The moment I read the first chapter of Project 2025 that my book club read, which was the Dept. of Education, I realized it was a formula for turning the US into a third world country. I taught in a third world country, at an international school, so I have a good idea of what that looks like. All of the immigrants that came to the US to get away from third world countries, would do well to start looking elsewhere.
As an Australian with the Westminister system of government I felt America had a better system for appointing their members of cabinet. Ours have to come from elected politicians and politicians of the government. That seriously shrinks the talent pool for important positions. For example some academics and members of high powered think tanks would know far more about the department than any MP.
But now we have dangerous fools like Kennedy in charge of HEALTH in the USA? (He has plenty of mates in the 'incompetent and unqualified Cabinet members club). They might as well have put my severely intellectually disabled son in charge. He wouldn't have done any good but he wouldn't have actually done any harm.
I would love to replace my Democratic senator with my 23-year-old nephew who finished chef school. He is less jaded and would not have sold us out to the Republicans on the spending bill unless he truly believed in it. So, you can imagine who I would like to replace the Republicans with. I know my former fourth grade students all had way more sense than these people, although they might be easily intimidated too.
My Senators are Schumer and Gillibrand. Schumer definitely needs to go for numerous reasons, and Gillibrand for voting to give another $8.8 billion to Israel.
A madman and a madwoman. Noem of puppy murdering infamy is adding murder of young men too, and like the true sadist she is she is taking pleasure in it. She is sickening in a different kind of way. Apparently she is 18th in line for the presidency after Trump. Kennedy is 12. Millions will be dying earlier around the world because of this presidency.
This whole “controversy” over vaccines and autism can be traced back to a scientific paper published in a prestigious journal, linking the two. This was so controversial that the paper was re-reviewed, and found to be full of errors and fake data. The journal retracted the paper, and the author was dismissed by the British Medical Association, but the damage had already been done.
PS: I am a retired physician with an autistic child. Both his mother (a retired pediatrician) and I made sure he received all the recommended vaccines at the appropriate times.
I don’t know how many people have died from diseases preventable by immunizations, but every one of them is at least the partial responsibility of RFK Jr. and his ilk.
One of the most confounding things I have seen in my lifetime is the fact that the US Senate approved almost all of the incompetent freaks and cranks Trump nominated to positions in his regime. Kennedy is, and has been, a notorious weirdo with dangerous beliefs that are already costing the lives of children.
Never underestimate the power of cults to alter the human brain beyond all reason.
I agree, the reveal of the "cause" of autism is likely to be a full blown Trumpian staged shit show where RFK loudly pronounces he's found the cause and (surprise!) it's vaccines. We can all see this from 6 months out snd it will be yet one more nail in the coffin of America, scientific research, medical advances, all of it. It's the final scene in a years long quest for RFK and no way is he going to blow the ending he's worked for all these years.
Apparently Junior thinks Caucasians will survive anything because of their superiority (and the Ashkenazy and Chinese invented Covid-19 … and possibly autism too—let’s see!).
RFK, Jr: “we need to do better at treating kids who have the disease, and not just saying the only answer is vaccination.” How about we vaccinate kids so they don't get the disease and then we don't have to complain about treating kids with the disease. Musk is destroying the Federal government on the financial side, Trump is destroying the US economy and RFK, Jr. is facilitating the killing of people. I'm 73 and became worried about the growing measles cases and could not remember if I had measles as a child. I contacted my state health department and got a copy of vaccines I received while living in the state (I moved out after college and moved back once retired). I had not received the MMR vaccine. I contacted my physician who had my blood tested for antibodies and, luckily, I must have had measles because I had the antibodies. Please, if you're not certain whether or not you had measles you should find out and then, if necessary, take action. The same is true for chickenpox. My state record showed that I had received the chickpox vaccine but I still got shingles a few years ago. Luckily, it was not severe case but it still was very uncomfortable. Afterwards, I got the shingles vaccine (2 shots).
As more and more cases of measles are confirmed, the reality that this extremely contagious disease, once effectively managed with vaccinations, could well become wide spread because of the increasing numbers of vaccine deniers is a travesty that will be owned by those individuals who spew misinformation while having no knowledge or background to support their claims. Neither RFK nor Trump are scientists or doctors, have no education in this field, and not only refuse to listen to the qualified experts but have gutted the agency that protected us. They own this disaster and the deaths it is causing.
We're beginning to see the same dangerous trend in whooping cough cases.
I am wondering whether doctors are going to want to practice elsewhere. It is hard situation when the institutions to which you are belonging are run by madmen!
And in many communities there is already a shortage of doctors and nurses.
Since the Republicans own disinformation, living in a lawless land with a lawless president who is using our tax dollars to pay for concentration camps in El Salvador which he is not only putting legal immigrants into, but wants to put US citizens into as well. Death camps. So, given this, perhaps some of our protests should be against the Republicans in Congress who enable Trump, Musk and all of the other madmen and madwomen surrounding Madman Trump to do what they are doing.
Parents should consider moving with their children of vaccine needing age to other countries to raise while Trump is in power, or anyone like him. Or parens should have a plan of where to get them vaccinated outside of the USA.
I realize that it is difficult to find jobs, but not impossible. In countries that have health insurance for everyone, one does not need to get a job with health insurance, and can free lance. If you are a female of child bearing years you are in danger in the US, as the Christian National theocratic walls are starting to close in. Other vulnerable groups should consider this too.
Foreign students should be transferring out.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/foreign-students-at-a-us-university?r=f0qfn
I am a mom whose daughter is attending a university abroad. Here is some of what we learned from the process. My daughter is studying in Germany, which is tuition free for anyone who can get in.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/study-abroad?r=f0qfn
If you know any foreign graduate students, let them know the University of British Columbia is taking US graduate students who apply by April 18. This is them reopening their admissions for 4 days.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-university-us-applications-1.7508850
The moment I read the first chapter of Project 2025 that my book club read, which was the Dept. of Education, I realized it was a formula for turning the US into a third world country. I taught in a third world country, at an international school, so I have a good idea of what that looks like. All of the immigrants that came to the US to get away from third world countries, would do well to start looking elsewhere.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/a-plan-b-for-catastrophe?r=f0qfn
As an Australian with the Westminister system of government I felt America had a better system for appointing their members of cabinet. Ours have to come from elected politicians and politicians of the government. That seriously shrinks the talent pool for important positions. For example some academics and members of high powered think tanks would know far more about the department than any MP.
But now we have dangerous fools like Kennedy in charge of HEALTH in the USA? (He has plenty of mates in the 'incompetent and unqualified Cabinet members club). They might as well have put my severely intellectually disabled son in charge. He wouldn't have done any good but he wouldn't have actually done any harm.
I would love to replace my Democratic senator with my 23-year-old nephew who finished chef school. He is less jaded and would not have sold us out to the Republicans on the spending bill unless he truly believed in it. So, you can imagine who I would like to replace the Republicans with. I know my former fourth grade students all had way more sense than these people, although they might be easily intimidated too.
My Senators are Schumer and Gillibrand. Schumer definitely needs to go for numerous reasons, and Gillibrand for voting to give another $8.8 billion to Israel.
RFK Jr is Secretary of HHS (Health & Human Services), _not_ DHS (Homeland Security). Noem is Secretary of DHS.
That's been fixed -- thanks
A madman and a madwoman. Noem of puppy murdering infamy is adding murder of young men too, and like the true sadist she is she is taking pleasure in it. She is sickening in a different kind of way. Apparently she is 18th in line for the presidency after Trump. Kennedy is 12. Millions will be dying earlier around the world because of this presidency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
This whole “controversy” over vaccines and autism can be traced back to a scientific paper published in a prestigious journal, linking the two. This was so controversial that the paper was re-reviewed, and found to be full of errors and fake data. The journal retracted the paper, and the author was dismissed by the British Medical Association, but the damage had already been done.
PS: I am a retired physician with an autistic child. Both his mother (a retired pediatrician) and I made sure he received all the recommended vaccines at the appropriate times.
I don’t know how many people have died from diseases preventable by immunizations, but every one of them is at least the partial responsibility of RFK Jr. and his ilk.
One of the most confounding things I have seen in my lifetime is the fact that the US Senate approved almost all of the incompetent freaks and cranks Trump nominated to positions in his regime. Kennedy is, and has been, a notorious weirdo with dangerous beliefs that are already costing the lives of children.
Never underestimate the power of cults to alter the human brain beyond all reason.
“We need to do better at treating kids” … Crystals? Mantras? Expelling demons? Lotsa remedies to be explored while kids die in Texas.
Awesome and informative article. Kennedy MUST GO!
And LOVE the word “immiseration.”
😊
I agree, the reveal of the "cause" of autism is likely to be a full blown Trumpian staged shit show where RFK loudly pronounces he's found the cause and (surprise!) it's vaccines. We can all see this from 6 months out snd it will be yet one more nail in the coffin of America, scientific research, medical advances, all of it. It's the final scene in a years long quest for RFK and no way is he going to blow the ending he's worked for all these years.
Apparently Junior thinks Caucasians will survive anything because of their superiority (and the Ashkenazy and Chinese invented Covid-19 … and possibly autism too—let’s see!).
RFK, Jr: “we need to do better at treating kids who have the disease, and not just saying the only answer is vaccination.” How about we vaccinate kids so they don't get the disease and then we don't have to complain about treating kids with the disease. Musk is destroying the Federal government on the financial side, Trump is destroying the US economy and RFK, Jr. is facilitating the killing of people. I'm 73 and became worried about the growing measles cases and could not remember if I had measles as a child. I contacted my state health department and got a copy of vaccines I received while living in the state (I moved out after college and moved back once retired). I had not received the MMR vaccine. I contacted my physician who had my blood tested for antibodies and, luckily, I must have had measles because I had the antibodies. Please, if you're not certain whether or not you had measles you should find out and then, if necessary, take action. The same is true for chickenpox. My state record showed that I had received the chickpox vaccine but I still got shingles a few years ago. Luckily, it was not severe case but it still was very uncomfortable. Afterwards, I got the shingles vaccine (2 shots).
There is only one word to describe RFK Jr: quack.
I like devil and dumb too.
Has L'il RFK ever heard the one about an ounce of prevention beating a pound of cure? Unlikely.