{"id":19339,"date":"2025-09-05T22:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=19339"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:46:45","slug":"is-rfk-jr-weaponizing-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=19339","title":{"rendered":"Is RFK Jr. ‘Weaponizing Public Health’?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“During the Biden administration’s four years, the CDC recorded a total of 527 cases. In just the first seven months of the Trump administration, there have been 1,408 cases<\/a> with 176 hospitalizations and three deaths. That’s a 267 percent increase over the Biden administration’s entire toll. Instead of immediately recommending measles vaccines at the beginning of the outbreak, RFK Jr. initially advised<\/a> giving vitamin A to children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CDC’s manifold failures during the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that it needs drastic reform<\/a> and a return to its roots as an agency focused on fighting infectious epidemic disease. This evidently is not the sort of reform that RFK Jr. intends. Firing Monarez may not be “weaponizing public health,” but it sure looks a lot like gutting it.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/08\/28\/is-rfk-jr-weaponizing-public-health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“During the Biden administration’s four years, the CDC recorded a total of 527 cases. In just the first seven months of the Trump administration, there have been 1,408 cases with 176 hospitalizations and three deaths. That’s a 267 percent increase over the Biden administration’s entire toll. Instead of immediately recommending measles vaccines at the beginning of the outbreak, RFK Jr. initially advised giving vitamin A to children.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The CDC’s manifold failures during the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that it needs drastic reform and a return to its roots as an agency focused on fighting infectious epidemic disease. This evidently is not the sort of reform that RFK Jr. intends. Firing Monarez may not be “weaponizing public health,” but it sure looks a lot like gutting it.” <\/p>\n

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