But is putting Robert Kennedy Jr. in charge of HHS the right way to fix them?
Hahahahaha, no.
I’m not sure the premise is even sound, that the CDC, FDA and NIH have “long needed drastic reform”. But, if that were true, you’d want an expert in leadership and management to address the problem, not a fucking nutjob. To reform those agencies, you’d need someone who the bureaucracies would trust has the same goals they do. Sure, there would always be people who would not want any reform, but you would also have allies who agree something needs to change, and who would support the necessary changes. Nobody at those agencies is going to listen to a fucking nutjob. Instead, they’d do everything possible to sabotage everything he was trying.
“Back in 2017, RFK Jr. talked with then-President Trump about setting up a vaccine safety review commission”
The fucking nutjob is an antivaxxer. That would be like putting a flat-earther in charge of NASA.
The whole premise is stupid. An opinion piece in a rabidly libertarian rag declares that these agencies need reform, citing other opinion pieces articles from this same rabidly libertarian rag.
These agencies may need some tweaks, but Reason magazine isn’t a reputable source for what changes are needed, and RFK junior is definitely not the person who should be in charge of anything. If he tries, at best he’ll merely fail. At worst he’ll do serious damage to these important agencies that will take years to undo.
but Reason magazine isn’t a reputable source
You make a lot of great points, but I disagree about Reason not being a reputable source. I like them.
Yes, but that means you’re not a reputable source.
Well, you are totally welcome to think that. I respect your right to feel that way. But I’ll keep posting stuff from Reason, because I like them. Thanks!
Yes, by convincing a bunch of conservatives to kill themselves with listeria thus driving the population of America quickly to the left
Not a fucking chance. Zero. That question shouldn’t even be asked, because it implies the existence of doubt.
Well, we’re gonna find out.
No.
I don’t know that he’ll fix it, but he’s def gonna make some changes. Now if those are good or bad changes, I have no clue. But it’s gonna be interesting.
“Interesting” policies in health and wellness in this context only means that it’s going to get a lot of people killed.
He hasn’t implemented anything yet, so I’ll wait to see what happens before I judge the policies since we have no idea what will happen.
Hold a brick above your foot and let go.
You have no idea what will happen! It could be anything! It could even be a boat!
But I know what happens when I hold a brick when I let it go. We don’t know what will happen when RFK takes over some public health agencies.
You’ve dropped a brick on your foot, specifically? That exact sequence of events? Nothing else could prepare you to say what would happen. Was it a brown brick? Have you tried red? What about cinderblocks?
We know goddamn well what putting a denialist crank in charge of public health would do to public health.
This is the party trying to ban certain medicines. It’s gonna be awful for everyone. Anything else would be as surprising as if you let go, and the brick fell up.
I won’t make any judgements until we see what happens.
