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  • Slashed Autism Funding: RFK Jr. promised to identify the causes of autism but has eliminated parts of his agency actively investigating them and has cut millions in funding for autism research.
  • Silent on Rollbacks: Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been silent on Trump’s dismantling of efforts to combat climate change and pollution.
  • Conflicting Priorities: RFK Jr. helps lead an administration that is reversing regulations on pollution and chemicals, including some linked to autism.
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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Relatedly, he also claimed to have concerns about the safety of vaccines (especially MRNA vaccines) and just wanted to get to the bottom of it. So he's ignoring existing vaccine research and cutting new research.

The words were just window dressing. The right wing does not speak in good faith.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

The right wing does not speak in good faith.

Aka fash always lie.

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