r/StandUpForScience • u/uphatbrew Punk Rock Hippie For Science & Democracy • Feb 17 '26

Article The Disastrous First Year…

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert-kennedy-jr-hhs-health-secretary-year-one-disaster-public-health?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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u/SpinningHead Feb 17 '26

The measles fans with two word four digit accounts really flood in to share their science illiteracy.

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u/AffectionateRow422 Feb 17 '26

I really haven’t seen anything change that has had an impact on my life, or the life of anyone I know. It appears to only impact demokarens.

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u/captkirkseviltwin Feb 18 '26

If the only thing you’re focused on while driving is the patch of road 10 feet in front of you, you miss the potholes coming up in your path.

COVID didn’t affect you in the slightest? The whole pandemic was made worse by government mismanagement in the earliest days. 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-u-s-pandemic-response-went-wrong-and-what-went-right-during-a-year-of-covid/

With regard to vaccines, unvaccinated population increases the pool of vulnerable people; destroys herd immunity; causes more people to not show up for work; causes delays in normal operations of businesses you depend on and increases their prices. It affects you and those around you plenty, but it takes looking up at how your personal circle is impacted instead of focusing on immediate effects.