What We Might Have Had

Created
Sat, 16/11/2024 - 02:30
Updated
Sat, 16/11/2024 - 02:30
But no How many clowns can Donald Trump fit into that car? Quite a few, it seems. Including a man who in court documents claimed brain damage. “The reason we know about RFK Jr’s brain worm is that he mentioned it during a divorce deposition, to argue that he was cognitively impaired and therefore had limited earning potential,” posted Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post. Trump, himself in mental decline and famous for suggesting people inject bleach to cure COVID-19, chose Brain Worm Guy to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Like his prospective boss, RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger to public health (The Guardian): Alastair McAlpine, a pediatric physician at British Columbia’s children’s hospital, wrote: “It is hard to overstate what a terrible decision this is. RFK Jr has no medical training. He is a hardcore anti-vaccine and misinformation peddler. The last time he meddled in a state’s medical affairs (Samoa), 83 children died of measles.” According to FactCheck.org, in 2018, two infants in Samoa died when nurses accidentally prepared the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine with an expired muscle relaxant instead of water. Following the infants’ deaths, the Samoan government temporarily suspended the vaccination program. The temporary suspension prompted Kennedy and his anti-vaccine nonprofit Children’s Health Defense to reportedly spread various falsehoods about vaccinations across the island, in turn resulting in a drastic decline in vaccination rates. A year later, a measles outbreak on the island caused by a sick traveler ended up infecting more than 57,000 people…