Shot in the Dark

“In his short stint as health secretary, Kennedy has touted cod-liver oil as a valid measles treatment (it’s not), said that Americans are being “poisoned” by seed oils (they’re not), and claimed that ‘many’ vaccines are not adequately safety-tested (they are). And he has readily cherry-picked and exaggerated findings to suit his own needs: ‘There’s a scientist at Harvard now who is curing schizophrenia with a carnivore diet,’ he said at a press conference in March (it’s not a carnivore diet, and it’s not a cure).” The Atlantic (Gift Article): ‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever.’ “The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.”

+ And the timing couldn’t be worse. Measles misinformation taking hold amid outbreak.

+ WaPo: Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline.