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.
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I lost mine again!
the needles go how deep?
the monitoring is made where?
why?
WHY?
these corrupt people CANNOT be trusted.
The only thing a government should do, at most, is be informative. Give us the best advice and then leave us alone.
The Lord God is my guide, NOT a “smart watch” wearable!
Proverbs 16:3 "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plath.
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.”
Psalm 16:11 “You lead me in the path of life. I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.”
Devices that collect health data. The Apple watch is one example. My brother gave my elderly dad one after an upgrade. My dad quit wearing it after a few weeks. Said he didn't need to be reminded that he was old. He gave it to one of his grand kids..
NO!
Thanks, but no thanks.
WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THIS BEFORE?
Wearable technology is a device that’s designed to be worn, whether in clothing or directly against the body, such as in the form of a smartwatch. Devices like these can be used for a variety of tasks like entertainment or monitoring physical activity.
In order to send or receive this information to and from a smartphone, the internet, or some other device, these devices require the use of low-powered RF transmitters. These transmitters emit radio waves, which are a type of radiation. This exposes wearers to a level of RF radiation and requires that these devices undergo SAR testing to ensure they meet SAR requirements and RF exposure limits in order to be sold in the U.S. and many other countries.
Everyone will be assimilated.
Resistance is futile.
If you go into any gas station in NC and SC you always get behind the ghetto trash loading up with Tahitian treats and all kinds of sugary snacks. On EBT of course. Then they buy the lottery ticket with cash.
Really, we often don’t even need that. Remember the Good Housekeeping seal of approval? Underwriter Laboratories? Consumer Reports?
Join the Borg Collective!
“Everyone’s doing it”
“It’s trending comrade!”
And our cars?
“start a massive advertising blitz to encourage uptake of wearables such as fitness trackers among Americans,”
NOT THE ROLE of the federal government .
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Yet.
That’s how it works.
Do you think that poor people have the time to do research and buy magazines or internet subscriptions or even necessarily have the capability to do the research that you suggest?
Poor people are disproportionately responsible for the social costs of society. If they received some basic information to live well, that’s not branded or expected that they must follow, they will also result in a disproportionate amount of the savings that would result if they had some basic information.
Poor people have doctors, access to libraries, etc.
And most government recommendations and advice obviously continue to be caputured by industry.
How much better off would the poor be if they had never heard of the bogus food pyramid?
I understand the privacy concerns. But these devices can be very helpful.
I wanted one to track my physical activity…you know, count my steps, log my exercise, etc. The Apple Watch also tracked my sleep and seemed to indicate that I didn’t. That was weird. So I did a sleep study. It seems that I have severe obstructive and central sleep apnea. Life threatening. I would not have known if not for the watch.
The watch also gave me a record of my heart rate, which is particularly slow. I was able to use this info to show my doctor that I have an abnormally slow heart rate. Because we were tracking this, we discovered that I developed AFIB when I had no symptoms. Treatment will hopefully keep me from having another stroke.
In both cases I had life threatening conditions that I would not know about except for the Apple Watch.
I hear you on the part about the government being corrupted by the dollar. You’re smart enough to know, but the average poor person isn’t that smart, or they wouldn’t be poor.
I highly doubt that most of them could wade through on their the information in libraries and books, that they can’t afford to buy, or take three buses to the library and whatever.
I’d rather spend a bit, to give accurate information, and save a lot at the other side.
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