The guy IS a health are nut case….
Is the incoming Republican majority going to ‘consent’ a guy who wants to take apart the Federal Health Departement’s efforts to keep Americans safe and healthy?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been unflinching in his attacks on the Food and Drug Administration in recent weeks, saying he wants to fire agency experts who have taken action against treatments that have sometimes harmed people or that teeter on the fringe of accepted health care practice.
How much influence Mr. Kennedy will have in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s next administration remains unclear, with some suggesting that he could act as a White House czar for policy over several federal health agencies. Mr. Trump has voiced support for Mr. Kennedy in recent weeks, saying he will let him “go wild on health.” In his acceptance speech, Mr. Trump reiterated his support for Mr. Kennedy’s involvement on health matters.
Some of Mr. Kennedy’s priorities are relatively standard, such as focusing on the health effects associated with ultraprocessed foods. Yet others threaten to undermine F.D.A. authority to rein in inappropriate medical treatments or to warn about products that can damage the public health….
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Dr. Robert Califf, the current F.D.A. commissioner who spoke frequently about the dangers of misinformation in the Covid pandemic, said at an event Tuesday that he was aware that experts were not always right — but he worried about them being broadly ignored.
“Not having experts, I think historically, in every society, has been a case for demise of that society,” Dr. Califf said.
He also noted that leadership above the F.D.A. — including the Health and Human Services Department — very rarely interferes with scientific decisions at the agency. Yet, “it’s totally within the law for the president or the H.H.S. secretary to overrule the entire F.D.A.,” he said…..
If Trump orders them to?
Sure they will.