AI Overview
The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement initially took shape as a grassroots political slogan and concept during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 presidential campaign in July 2024.The movement transitioned from a campaign slogan into a formalized federal policy and institutional initiative in early 2025. Key milestones in its official establishment include:
February 13, 2025: President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order formally establishing the MAHA Commission, chaired by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
May 2025: The HHS released the government’s official MAHA Assessment on childhood chronic diseases, cementing the movement’s focus on food safety, environmental toxins, and prevention-first public health.
Apeel never disclosed the exact ingredients in the product, leaving out (IIRC) 97% or more of the ingredient list.
That Gates was at all involved is the kiss of death.
I think the claim that it cannot be washed off is true, but don’t me.
I feel almost bad for the inventor, getting kicked out of his own invention. Should have been more honest.
That Apeel is both used in Europe and people face charges for speaking against it is unsettling.
The problems started in 2023 (before MAHA), and sound like it was the result of the name similarity with the UK floor cleaning company. That has nothing to do with RFK Jr.. You may as well ascribe the demise of Ayds Candy to the Family Values movement in the 1980s.
Apeel should disclose exactly what is in it - and whether or not it can be washed off.
JFK Jr has always been a nutcase and it was inevitable that his followers would make horses’ asses of themselves and taint MAGA in the process.
The problem with populism is that it is the very definition of mob rule … and mob rule is democracy… no checks and balances to thwart the fact that stupidity and paranoia are default human conditions, the norm.