RFK Jr.: Media hitting me harder than Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed the media for dragging his campaign Sunday, saying he has been slammed “even more than President Trump was slammed” by mainstream media outlets.
“I’ve been really, you know, slammed in a way that I think is unprecedented,” Kennedy said during an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic who is running a longshot primary campaign against President Joe Biden, is more popular among Republicans than Democrats, according to polling.
The nephew of former President John F. Kennedy and the son of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy Jr. has been hit with backlash for his stances on vaccines, particularly recent comments he made suggesting that the coronavirus could have been “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people,” while sparing Jewish and Chinese people. Kennedy denied allegations of racism and antisemitism, saying on Twitter: “I have never, ever suggested that the Covid-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews.”
“I mean, listen, if I believed the stuff that’s written about me in the papers and reported about me on the mainstream news sites, I would definitely not vote for me,” Kennedy told host Maria Bartiromo. “I would think I was a very despicable person.”
He's concerned that some vaccines are unnecessary for kids that we require for every kid.
For example the NHS in the UK advises against the chickenpox vaccine.
I just looked it up and the NHS does not warn against it at all. They only administer it to certain people.
The NHS also doesn’t buy enough MRI machines, leading to long wait times. Does that mean they’re anti-MRI? No, they’re just frugal
You're right, I apologize for my framing.
They only recommend it to a small minority of people.
So...they don't recommend it to the majority of people.
Again, reread my comment about efficiency and cost-saving.
Or are you agreeing that it’s perfectly safe and we have no reason to doubt that?
Again, re-read my comment about RFK Jr. wanting our standards to be more in line with the rest of our peer countries.
Our FDA is bribed by big-pharma, who constantly lie to consumers and have no repurcussions, despite us know they lie to us. I'd rather break out of the system where big pharma runs our healthcare policies.
Shingles for everyone!
Not having the vaccine, and encouraging natural immunity actually reduces the effects of shingles.
When people get chickenpox, the virus remains in the body. This can then reactivate at a later date and cause shingles. Being exposed to chickenpox as an adult (for example, through contact with infected children) boosts your immunity to shingles. If you vaccinate children against chickenpox, you lose this natural boosting, so immunity in adults will drop and more shingles cases will occur.
Yeah, and being exposed to chickenpox as a child makes you more likely to have shingles as an adult. Most people encounter it as a child.
Most children don't get shingles.
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Or else...I might agree with most of western europe?
I thought the left thought that was a good thing!
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Yes I have, many.
I mean, I sourced the NHS. I'm not interviewing citizens in western europe, but I also never claimed to have.
Obviously. They get chicken pox, which is the same virus. Having chickenpox as a child predisposes you to shingles as an adult.
So it seems you don't understand.
I recommend reading the NHS website for their opinions on why they don't recommend the chicken pox vaccine.
So, basically get chicken pox earlier to build immunity, regardless if it makes you more susceptible to shingles, to better protect you from shingles as an adult. Since it is more likely to hurt you as an adult versus as a kid.
Sill seems fine to still vaccinate as that would lower the amount of chickenpox floating around to begin with...
Both options seem reasonable to me, although I would lean on vaccination still.
If both getting vaxxed or not getting vaxxed is reasonable, is that something we should require for nearly kids?
I would yes.
I disagree, if there's a negligable difference, why form people to get a shot from big pharma that's known to lie to the FDA, CDC and the public
I didn't say there was negligible difference or was talking about big pharma.
You said both options are reasonable, but you're going to force people to make the decision that you support?
Herd immunity. Not killing immunocompanized children is a good thing.
Edit: This doesn't seem to have nested properly.
Chicken Pox and Shingles are the same virus.