Posted on 06/25/2025 3:12:34 AM PDT by Adder
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon start a massive advertising blitz to encourage uptake of wearables such as fitness trackers among Americans, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on June 24.
“We’re about to launch one of the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history to encourage Americans to use wearables,” Kennedy said on Capitol Hill in Washington during a congressional hearing.
Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) spoke positively about what he described as innovative wellness tools and asked Kennedy to describe how the government is promoting access to such tools.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
“”They have! Still recommending people over 65 get the covid death shots.””
No, I mean some “new and more effective” virus that they are no doubt working on... as we speak. Their depopulation goals are not being achieved fast enough.
I’m going anti-Leary: turn-off, tune-out and drop-in.
2 Links if anyone is interested.
Epoch Times has a paywall so the article is unavailable for us poor folk :)
Youtube for the actual hearings where he said this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdQSSMuc3NY
NY Post for a readable article with pertinent information
https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/rfk-jr-wants-every-american-to-use-wearable-health-data-collecting-technology/
Fitness trackers have built-in sensors and processors to record data. They don’t have to sync with anything. Get one that doesn’t. Some advanced models also offer sleep tracking and stress monitoring. :)
I only know my situation of working 64-84 hours/week.
Understood and agreed. But how to isolate the Social Security crowd? More nursing home murders for one; just get some illness in the front door.
They can spread anything now through vaxes - older people take a few targeted shots.
Ankle holster.
And how many hours on FR? ;-)
Probably too many. :)
I keep a screen open to jump in and out as I do my other computer work.
“You never heard of a FitBit?”
Garbage. I could train in Thai boxing for an hour and it registered almost nothing. Thirty minutes pushing a self-propelled lawnmower said I had been walking seven miles. They use a simple vibration sensor. Not really high tech.
“”They can spread anything now through vaxes - older people take a few targeted shots.””
They’ve been forcing required vaccines to children, too (for decades)... via imunization for public schooling. And the medical ghouls just love that mRNA stuff. I suspect they’ll try to put it in every vaccine eventually.
The only way to be safe and immune from what they’ll be pushing is to be and stay completely ‘off grid’. Hard to do these days, but not impossible.
Many people are already wearing them - they’re called “Fit-Bits” and about the only extra info they collect is cardio stats - and sleep habits. I won’t wear one unless I develop (and survive the onset) a medical condition that requires monitoring....
Well until insurance companies encourage you to wear it to get procedures approved. Or federal government says we encourage you to wear this to get social security and Medicare. It may not happen under this administration but down the line I easily could see this.
Things like wearables are really only good for people who want to maintain a certain heartrate for a time and want to keep track of that or so they compare with previous performances to see if they did more this time than last time.
For others, who just want to work out hard until they can’t, it’s not the most useful kind of device.
I have a wearable Casio Watch and I will use it on occasion when I’m driving to see to the 1/10th of a kilometre the distance because my car only measures in km and not hm.
I, too, am not exactly sure of what they mean to be described as a “wearable”. I’m mostly too old to worry about it anyway. No, I am not exactly what would be described as “physically fit”
Not happening.
That stated, I still carry my phone like an idiot. /s
Very strange, but true.
There are many, many different types of "wearables" -- it's likely you may have one and not even know it.
Ever heard of a FitBit? An Apple Watch? Garmin?
These are all examples of "wearable" technology. Typically, they all measure steps taken per day, heart rate, heart variability, and they have algorithms for measuring sleep function. Some phones have GPS built in, so you can see your activity on a map, or get distances to a mountaintop, the next green (if playing golf), or the next hiking trail.
Those electronic wristwatches do many things well, but their faces (user interfaces) are relatively small and hard to show a lot of details. Transport the data to a cell phone and you can show a lot more: charts, graphs, trends. On your cell phone, you can share health metrics with your friends and challenge each other to see who had the most steps in the last week and last month.
How do you get the data from your wristwatch to your phone? Usually, over wifi. While there are usually privacy opt-outs during setup, some of that data can be collected by the manufacturer. If you didn't specifically say otherwise, they may "share" some of that data with third parties...presumably, even the government.
The concept of using these devices to encourage a healthy lifestyle is interesting. Like with any technology, there are positives and some potential negatives, if used nefariously.
Sometimes, conservatives give themselves a bad name and look foolish in front of the world.
They're talking about wristwatches. That's what they mean by "wearable."
Before anyone chimes in with, "well, what about glucose monitors?" Yeah, sure...some of those could be considered a wearable device as well, but I don't think those are the majority of devices referred to in the article.
How about “the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history” on healthy eating and exercise?
Fitbit and Apple must be happy.
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