This Will Make You Sick

“Last November, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that, as secretary of health and human services, he would not ‘take away anybody’s vaccines.’ If you believed him, you were duped.” (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a few thousands times…) The Verge: RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines. “Most recently, in accordance with the larger trend of Donald Trump’s administration axing experienced, well-vetted advisors in favor of unqualified sycophants, Kennedy fired 17 people from the federal committee responsible for making vaccine recommendations. He replaced them almost entirely with close associates that echo his scientifically dubious and medically dangerous beliefs, or with those who seem to lack the relevant knowledge for the role.” (This is the model playing out across countless government programs. Fire the good people, hire bad people, and watch things burn.)

+ “If it isn’t stopped, and some of this isn’t reversed, like, immediately, a lot of Americans are going to die as a result of vaccine-preventable diseases.” NYT (Gift Article): Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die.’

+ Leader of top FEMA disaster coordination office resigns, as Trump moves to eliminate agency.