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Summary

Texas hospitals are treating children with vitamin A poisoning linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotion of the supplement as a measles treatment.

At Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, patients with measles showed abnormal liver function due to excessive vitamin A intake.

Kennedy, the U.S. health secretary, claimed vitamin A dramatically reduces measles mortality. Experts warn his messaging confuses parents and downplays the proven protection of the MMR vaccine.

The U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in decades, with nearly 500 cases across 21 states and two confirmed deaths.

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[-] leftover@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

Wonder if he could be sued for practicing medicine without a license ?

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

If parents and doctors aren't getting in trouble for killing their kids with quack drugs, why are they getting in trouble for giving real medication when their "child" is still in the womb?

[-] hogmomma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[-] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 days ago

Health insurance companies shouldn't cover these people who refuse to vaccinate.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Health insurance companies shouldn't exist

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Can we just quarantine the entire state? Or just… I don’t know-

Push it out into the ocean?

[-] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

There's a lot of landmass between Texas and the ocean but you know what, I'm on board.

[-] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why are these people ok with isolated vitamin supplements (which are not natural), but not ok with a vaccine? I don't understand the line they draw.

"I don't know what's in the vaccine" is the dumbest excuse too. The information is available, and if you don't trust the information, why would trust the label that tells you those pills are vitamin A. They could put anything in that pill with Vitamin A.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Because they are operating on propaganda, not logic.

[-] Robbity@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Because opinion is more important than fact, and choice is more important than logic.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They're contrarians and conspiracists. They will go with whatever the established authorities recommend against.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

RFK is so ridiculously stupid.

[-] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

It's time to bring RFK to schools with measles outbreaks. Let him personally reassure people that the vaccine is a choice.

What, you're worried about catching measles? Why the fuck would you?

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I guarantee that RFK has had the MMR vaccine.

[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 150 points 3 days ago

Experts warn his messaging confuses parents and downplays the proven protection of the MMR vaccine

Oh look RFK is getting people nearly killed. Who could have seen this coming?

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 100 points 3 days ago

More importantly, look how no one is getting into trouble for endangering children.

[-] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who would give him trouble? His boss rutinely hangs out with child abusers and could very well be one himself.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago

Especially the guy who is actively harming children.

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[-] peregrin5@lemm.ee 26 points 3 days ago

Republicans only care about children that aren't born (i.e. aren't children) yet.

[-] spooky2092 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Republicans have never been 'pro-life', only pro-birth.

Pre-natal? They care so, so much!

Pre-school? You're fucked (metaphorically and, depending on the republican, possibly literally - just ask ol' Dennis)

[-] trogon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Well, they're not fetuses so conservatives don't care.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Don't be fooled. Caring about fetuses has never been about the fetus, but about controlling women.

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Oh, he's getting people killed. Again.

[-] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe Sirhan Sirhan should've hit the kid rather than the father.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

theres no confusion, his worms know what they are doing.

Any parent taking what RFK Jr says as fact is neglecting their child.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

We need to make suing government employees that make decisions easier. Things like discrimination for anyone that makes determinations for program eligibility, etc.

And definitely cabinet positions when decisions clearly are in opposition to available research and lead directly to outcomes like this, where a direct correlation is not only obvious but even easily provable in court.

Blanket Immunity to cover for incompetent government employees is complete bullshit and doesn't serve the interests of the nation or it's citizens at all.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah this is one of those suggestions that sounds great on the surface but will just completely break government. Every single decision will result in a lawsuit, and the only beneficiaries will be lawyers. The inability to sue the cabinet isnt the problem, it's the degenerates the American people vote in there.

There's is no electoral system system and no regulation that can save voters from themselves.

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