Trump to discuss ending childhood vaccination programs with RFK Jr. - eviltoast

Summary

Donald Trump plans to discuss potentially ending childhood vaccination programs with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee for Health and Human Services.

Trump expressed openness to revisiting vaccine policies, citing concerns about autism rates, despite scientific consensus debunking links between vaccines and autism.

Critics warn reducing vaccinations could lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles.

Kennedy, known for questioning vaccine safety, would oversee the CDC if confirmed.

Public health experts remain concerned about the implications.

    • Railing5132@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I don’t think this is going to work. There are just as many younger trump/cultist/conservative voters now as there have been. Church attendance is not falling off and megachurches are getting more and more popular. People have been saying the same thing about the right-wing die-off as long as I’ve been a voter, and as much as I’d love to see it, I don’t see it happening.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Church attendance is not falling off

        It is, but far too slowly.

        And it’s falling off faster in the more moderate churches than it is in the noisy evangelical megachurches

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        Well I don’t mean in our lifetime but maybe hundreds of years from now it will finally happen. What other choice do we have?