This feels like an alien invasion of the United States.
"NIH officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.
'Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,' the scientist told his colleague.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nih-grants-mrna-vaccines-trump-administration-hhs-rfk/
#Politics #Science
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Chaotic and harmful policies will make the U.S. poorer—either rapidly or gradually
"Each of the individual policies they are pursuing—illegal layoffs of federal workers, mass deportations, tariffs, and Medicaid spending cuts—would be bad for the economy. But each policy is also being pursued with maximum levels of chaos and incoordination, creating unprecedented levels of economic uncertainty. This uncertainty is itself a serious economic threat."
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-macroeconomics-of-the-trump-administration-chaotic-and-harmful-policies-will-make-the-united-states-poorer-either-rapidly-or-gradually/
#Economics
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There is a grift angle as well in the war against vaccines and science - RFK Jr. and many on the right are in the business of peddling vitamin concoctions as cures for infectious diseases.
"Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by RFK Jr. and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened."
@MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.social@AkaSci
If "vitamins" & "natural immunity after allowing yourself to become infected" worked, we wouldn't have needed to develop a #vaccine in the first place.
#NaturalImmunity. Brought to you by the same people who told the state of California that if they just "raked the forest", they wouldn't have these massive #wildfires each year. 
#TooStupidForPolitics #Luddites