(ThyBlackMan.com) For those of us concerned about the re-election of Donald Trump as the 47 POTUS, of which there are many, as the President-elect he has officially announced the nomination of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
This nomination has many stating they believe Kennedy to be dangerous. Washington State Senator Patty Murray said Kennedy was "nothing short of a disaster for the health of millions of families." On October 25, 2024, Kennedy posted on X: "...If you work for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags."
According to Richard Besser, former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "If we were to come in and wholesale remove departments of public health and areas in public health, everyone in our country would be at risk."
On July 20, 2023, Kennedy testified before a congressional committee regarding censorship of Americans' free speech on social media and said, "I have never been anti-vaxx. I have never told the public to avoid vaccination." That was a lie, and for the record, his soon to be boss lied when he said he didn't lose the 2020 Presidential election.
Either the folks in congress didn't remember or just didn't know what he said in a 2021 podcast. I clearly remember him saying to the listening audience to "resist" CDC guidelines on when children ought to get vaccinated. Then he doubled down saying, "I see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby and I say to him, better not get them vaccinated." If a picture is worth a thousand words, what do you think the video is worth showing him standing next to a sticker that read: "If you're not an anti-vaxxer you aren't paying attention."
I wish congress was paying attention after he was sworn in under oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Never mind. What does the Truth and Rule of Law mean to Kennedy and Trump?
It's clear to me that congress missed the mark, or simply ignored it. I need us to be "paying attention."
There should be no doubt he is an anti-vaxxer, and there is no doubt he's spread false and reckless information to the Black community. His credibility was in-part established by reminding us of the horrific Tuskegee Experiment conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service and the CDC. The two organizations injected nearly 400 Black men with syphilis and left them untreated to study the effects of the disease. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kennedy told all who would listen that the virus was aimed at Caucasians and Blacks. He went on to say the Chinese scientist were making "ethnic bioweapons" and collecting data on people of various races so that they can specifically target their desired group.
His history is clear: Kennedy is full of these types of conspiracies, and very academically empty on science. There has not been one credible scientific organization that has validated his conspiracies.