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The last few years have convinced me of the necessity to figure out the exit strategy.
2025-09-03 · 8 months ago
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👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-09-04 at 11:55:
The balkinization of public health has begun. Soon you will have federal recommendations, state recommendations, and professional organization recommendations. Insurance companies will follow whoever they feel like, probably whoever costs them less.
Vaccination is a group project. No vaccine is 100% effective, but over a certain number of people disease is unable to spread. Florida is moving to no longer require any vaccination of children under any circumstance, likening the mandates to slavery. Florida will drop below the minimum threshold. Communicable disease doesn't respect political boarders, creeds, or socioeconomic divides. And the number one victim of these changes will be infants.
👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-09-17 at 22:32:
Today there was a senate committee hearing featuring Dr Monarez and Dr Houry. RFK's telling of why he fired Monarez is he asked her "are you a trustworthy person?" and she responded "no." Monarez tells a different story about how she was forced out for refusing to agree in advance to the agency's new vaccine schedule regardless of the scientific evidence.
Seeking a "gotcha" moment, Senator Markwayne Mullin of OK said she was lying because he had a recording of their conversation. After the hearing he revealed there is no recording.
The hearing went deep into detail and it is far worse than I expected. We really are on the precipice of turning back public health by a century.
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More chaos at the CDC — The head of the CDC is out after a month on the job. Dr. Susan Monarez was confirmed by the senate back in July. Apparently what is happening is RFK Jr wants to rescind the mRNA vaccine's approval and she would not do so without consulting vaccine advisors. RFK Jr asked that she resign for "not supporting Trump's agenda" and she refused. He wants a rubber stamp director, not some nerd who follows "evidence." As news of her firing spread others resigned. Dr. Demetre...