Posted on 11/15/2024 10:26:56 AM PST by libstripper
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shortly before being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary. Any changes he wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the regulator's bills.
Kennedy, an environmental activist who has helped sow doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, would have authority over the nation's agencies responsible for public health, government-funded health insurance plans for more than 140 million including the poor, those 65 and older, and the disabled, medical research and more if confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Kennedy has been most vocal about the FDA, an agency that oversees nearly $3 trillion in medicines, food and tobacco products. In interviews and on social media, Kennedy has accused agency staff of doing the bidding of Big Pharma and Big Food. "FDA's war on public health is about to end," Kennedy wrote on X in late October. "If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags." FDA officials were not immediately available to comment on the Kennedy nomination.
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Doesn’t matter if they are killing people but keep the stock up there.
Pfizer and Moderna and other health stocks were down on the announcement of his appointment.
I have been sriously injured by the vaxx. I have an interest.
Kennedy is still a leftist activist at his core.
The genius of Trump was to bring him on-board, and focus RFK’s leftist-activist energy on to a mutually-disliked target, and on a subject (Covid/Vax/Fauci/etc.) that much of America demands answers to
“...screws around with...”
Actually sounds a lot like recent corrupt behavior by Big Pharma, the DOD corruptatiously administering the unjust and injurious mandatory vexxationation program, and on and on with the FDA, CDC, WHO, etc.
“I have an interest.”
Damn Skippy you do!
Milton Friedman always maintained that the FDA has killed more people than it’s saved. The FDA overacted to the Thalidomide disaster that happened in the 1950’s. As a result, FDA has prevented or delayed treatments that could save saved thousands of lives. More recently, their ban on Ivermectin, which is now proving to be an effective treatment for Covid, is another example. Over-reach is a common problem for many federal bureaucracies.
“More recently, their ban on Ivermectin, which is now proving to be an effective treatment for Covid, is another example.”
Indubitably.
RFK knows what he’s getting into...and knows it’ll be rough waters. All Trumps appoiments do.
Unlike COVID vaccines and childhood vaccines, most pharmaceutical products are taken voluntarily.
The doctor a patient chose for their care chose to write a prescription.
The patient chose to have the prescription filled.
The patient then generally had a chance to read the patient information sheets and Internet reviews before popping the pills.
BS
“Bobby needs to be very careful with how he screws around with the pharmaceutical industry, since that industry is a major part of the portfolios of thousands of people with 401 (k) plans”
Yes, you are so correct. Bobby needs to just take it easy on these get rich quick off the tax payer pukes while they murder people with their covid drugs. I mean, gee, someone’s retirement nest egg could get hurt.
Your comments sound like pure RINO talk.
Its a revolving door between pharma and the fda.
Its just the latest in a long history of corruption.
I would say people need to be very careful with how they underestimate DT. And his team
“The genius[?] of Trump was to bring him on-board”
as captain of the #1 welfare agency in the world.
RFK Jr. should have been given either NIH or FDA, his choice.
Even leftist Democrats want effective and comparatively safe medicine.
Well, no duh. He is ready for the fight, and Congress needs to tamp down on the carte-blanche immunity policy as well.
“Pfizer and Moderna and other health stocks were down on the announcement of his appointment.”
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The very fact that pharma stock prices are dropping because of Kennedy’s appointment is prima facie evidence of the agency’s close ties to an industry that it is supposed to be independently regulating.
Yep, I agree with your assessment of what RFK Jr. brings to Trump’s administration. Very well stated.
The first administrator of the EPA, Ruckelshaus banned DDT after a panel of scientists determined that the costs of DDT outweighed its benefits
Within HHS is a collection of agencies and offices that fall under the Public Health Service. The PHS also is home to the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC).[citation needed]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the U.S. Surgeon General
Office of Global Affairs
The subordinate operating agencies under the Public Health Service:
** National Institutes of Health (NIH)
** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Indian Health Service (IHS)
** Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
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