New twist in Donald Trump’s RFK Jr. nomination

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Itโ€™s hard to say the word joke – because the polio virus spread a whole lot of death and suffering to go around for well over a century in not just America, but much of the world – before a vaccine was developed that has all but eradicated that disease. Itโ€™s also fairly accurate to say that the FDA run by RFK Jr. would likely cause an outbreak of polio, should they listen to his attorneyโ€™s advice about banning it – or forcing patients to pay for the vaccine out of pocket. The warning – conveyed sometimes as jokes in political cartoons and also by late night comedians – is actually having an effect – and it could doom Kennedyโ€™s nomination to head Health and Human Services.

You know itโ€™s working because not only has Trump rambled a lot of nonsense about the polio vaccine being effective, but itโ€™s also caused Kennedy himself to backtrack and say that the vaccine has worked – and yet also left him open to trying to explain why his previous stance that the vaccine itself causes polio is somehow not wrong. Remember, if theyโ€™re explaining, theyโ€™re losing. The pushback is just getting started – and itโ€™s far from the only insane belief that could lead to the needless deaths of thousands of people. Polio and measles – two highly contagious diseases with lots of terrible side effects could bounce back if this man is appointed and has his way – and this is what we need to be echoing repeatedly about the Kennedy nomination. Call your senator today – regardless of where they stand, to voice your concern.

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