I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me
Right... so why did you take the position of Secretary of Health, again?
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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Exactly. That's like SecDef being like "idk, I'm really not in a position to give military advice". I say that fully aware of the irony, but it's hard to pick a non-busted example since Trump's cabinet is just completely full of "meritocracy".
since Trump's cabinet is just completely full of "~~meritocracy~~".
Mediocrity.
Ha, if only. I wish it could be that rosy :'(
Maybe midiocracy?
don't do my MIDI interfaces and keyboards like that :(
We live in the dumbest timeline.
He took it because he’s a narcissist who’s convinced he’s right about everything because of his last name and his money. Sound familiar?
Trump’s entire cabinet was picked for two reasons: Loyalty To Trump and Pissing Off Anyone Who Doesn’t Kiss Trump’s Ass. RFK fills that second one.
Don't forget he went to Harris and she turned him away, and he went to Trump. Trump "allegedly" gave him the position in exchange for dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Which happened directly after.
People claimed at the time that would be illegal as it would fall under quid pro quo.
Edit: had to update it because the timeline was unclear which he went to first. One source reports he went to Trump first, then Harris after. Either way the result was the same. Harris didn't respond, and Trump did. Getting the endorsement
I'm surprised Harris didn't respond, she seemed to like endorsements from shit headed right wingers
For those of us like me that can step back. This timeline is absurdly funny.
It's literally just a game to them.
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That's not "sidestepping". That's him straight up admitting he's grossly unqualified for the role he's been given.
Is the secretary for health usually a medical professional?
Started compiling a list, but it posted early, and I got lazy.
List of them here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services
Looking at the first handful, most aren't medical professionals.
You would still expect that they should be able leverage their resources to have a pre-built response to a question like that.
The last qualified one was Tom Price in 2017
Before that, Louis W. Sullivan in 1989
Both republican
Sorry how are you deciding who is qualified? Just being an M.D.? I agree that’s a good start, but MD does not a qualified HHS secretary make.
We are talking about being qualified to give medical advice
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So shut the fuck up about it, then.
For real, I'd respect the self-awareness if it wasn't preceded by years of non-stop medical misinformation.
Honestly hoping he gets ball cancer.
Thinks people shouldn't take medical advice from him,
...proceeds to give medical advice to people.
Sounds like the Joe Rogan Experience.
"No one listen to what I'm about to say, but eating roadkill possum cures chlamydia."
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FUCKING GET HIM OUTA OFFICE NOW!
To whom are you conveying these instructions?
You!
Well, get on then. Hurry up. This is urgent.
Aye aye!
People gotta remember this guy has been as desperate as Trump his whole life to be accepted as a legitimate member of elite society. You factor that in, you factor in that Trump also wanted to be a crime boss like his mob affiliates from the early part of his career, the motives become more clear, the outcomes become more predictable.
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects, and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
Beware “abundance” grifters…
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Funny how one party seems to push this sort of shit way way more than another party.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects,
I just want a functioning democracy, one with less fascists and corruption in it.
and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
And how are you going to do that? Are you willing to take it by force? Because that's the only way it's going to happen. You have to take it by force.
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Woah something I can agree with him about. Maybe we can find common ground here.
I do.occasionally agree with RFK
I mean, I already am ignoring the medical advice he gives me.
I sadly can't ignore the medical advice he is giving the country as a whole.
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He doesn't want you to take medical advice from him, but he does want to dictate what kind of medical advice your actual doctor is legally allowed to give you.
I wouldn't take ANY advice from him.
I dunno, he's prob the go-to guy for techniques about chainsawing the head off a dead whale
I'm actually that kinda guy. It would never occur to me that chainsawing the head of a whale corpse I found on the beach would be a no-no. It's already dead! Not like I killed it. I'm also dumb enough to keep bird feathers I find. Yeah. That could be a problem given the wrong cop.
"SWEET! Giant skull! I'm hanging that shit at camp! (After the ants do their thing.)"
I really do hang skulls I find on the shed door. Got a deer, a small mammal with pointy canines, a box turtle and pieces of something the raptors left (rabbit?). One time the local dogs dropped a deer skull on my tent. Coughed loudly and scared hell out of 'em.
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What people are missing from the article and headline is that he had vaccinated his children when they were little and the question was whether he would vaccinate his children if they were young today. That's the question he sidestepped. Yes, I bet he would is the reason for the sidestep. He's a con man too.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday sidestepped a question about vaccines and whether he would choose to vaccinate his children today against a number of diseases, saying, “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
Then resign your commission, wormbreath
Remember to kick a republican in the balls.
Brain worm guy has a point there
Useful idiots; remember that.
The Heritage Foundation is the one enacting the policies. White supremacist billionaires with the idea that they know what's best because.
The smartest thing he has ever said and he doesn't even realize it
Maybe the brain worms will save us after all... I was so confused about the brainworms, and finally I read an article that said that he licked His hand after sticking it in a dead deer's mouth and got brain worms.
Not the type of guy I'd take advice on anything from... Well, that's not true. Maybe were to o score some...Nose beers.
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Dude sounds like he’s just some confused fishing buddy that a friend hired.
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