Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released Wednesday.
Kennedy has pulled in roughly $10 million in income from his work over the past year, which includes speaking fees, leading an anti-vaccine nonprofit and legal fees, government ethics forms filed for his nomination show. He has millions of dollars more tied up in investments and other assets.
If confirmed, he has promised to stop collecting fees on some of his vaccine lawsuits involving the U.S. government.
I know people who like that he’s on board with shrooms and other recreational drugs as alternative treatments. Which I can honestly understand, given all the research that says stuff like shrooms does offer some promise in some mental health therapies. It’s ridiculous an agency like the DEA can dictate what drug options are available to people.
But other than that, RFK Jr is a fucking idiot and should absolutely not be allowed to head our health agencies.
Dude. I grow shrooms and make DMT. I give them to my friend I’m talking about all the time. That’s not his issue.
He’s mega wealthy married to a wife who has early era Microsoft money. They live in a castle-like house in Capital Hill, Seattle, near Volunteer Park. (in short, entitled af). I’ve watched him morph from a normal dude to this over the course of a decade.
It’s hard to give up on friends. But I’ve slowly been letting this one go. At least he didn’t vote MAGA. The slimmest glimmers of quality.
He’s morphed into what exactly? Being anti-vaxxers? I fortunately don’t know any anti-vaxxers personally, but I know plenty of MAGA idiots. Even those idiots tend to support vaccines, though. I just truly don’t understand anti-vaxxers, they’re the dumbest of the dumb.
From a friend without these views to one with them. That’s it.
The only treatments that should be available are those that are proven safe and effective. Evidence-based, not anecdotal endorsements by people involved with fringe practicioners. If that includes shrooms, great.
That part I agree with. Bona fide clinical researchers should not be subject to laws restricting recreational use of drugs. But that doesn’t mean Tio Chuy’s Drive-Through Ayahuasca Clinic should be regarded as a researcher, either. There will need to be some standards.
I also fully agree with that point. His kakistocratic appointment is a fuck-you to everyone wanting quality health care and freedom from quackery in the US.