The Right hates the idea of an effective government that works for the people. They will tell you the the New Deal was a failure even though FDR was elected four times.

RFK is a useful idiot. The richest are going to get great healthcare no matter what. But if they can break people's idea that the government is there to help them, then the Right can break OSHA, laws that protect consumer rights, and anything else that keeps them from making more money.

They're working off of incorrect information & ideas. They think people will be better off not getting vaccinated. They genuinely think they're doing a good thing. They don't think we'll have resurgences of diseases at any large scale because they don't attribute the disappearance of those diseases to vaccines. They believe society will be relieved from some vaccine induced "side-effects" like increased autism (or 5G mind control... or whatever... it's hard to keep track of their nonsense).

Since they accept the above falsehoods; they don't need to "get" anything. They're as certain stopping vaccinations will help the general population as I am that it will do harm. But some idiot(s) put them in charge so they get to execute on their campaign promises.

eugenics

if the ~~people~~ human livestock who need medical treatment to live are allowed to die, then the babies of the survivors will be cheaper to maintain because they'll need less medical treatment

Remember the death camps, weaponized viruss' and population control they accused the left of doing?

Turns out it was projection the entire time

RFK is a true believer; he actually thinks, against all evidence and logic, that vaccines are bad for your health. Trump does not give a shit about vaccines, but he offered RFK the CDC position because A) RFK was running a third-party candidacy in 2024 that could have cost him several swing states and B) anti-vaxers are a large part of the Trump coalition, but he was losing their trust after promoting the covid vaccine. Most congressional Republicans are just going along with this out if cowardice.

So, tl:dr: ending vaccines is what RFK (stupidly) believes in, Trump put him in power to return a favor/appease a portion of his base, and every other Republican is too chicken-shit to do anything about it.

RFK has a business selling snake oil. All those at the root of the antivaxx movement (and iirc that's only 7 people) have something to sell.

It's all just more of the MAGA crowds overwhelming need to "own the libs" at all costs. It's kind of like the flat earth movement. It started off as a joke perpetuated by a bunch of trolls with nothing better to do, but once it grew to a certain point a bunch of people joined in who were too stupid to understand that it wasn't supposed to be this serious. Now everyone in power is too embarrassed to try and undo any of the harm so they're all just doubling down even though they know it's all bullshit because they'd rather everyone think they were right even if it destroys society than to ever admit they might have made a mistake.

State sanctioned dilution of what it means for things to be true. It's not about the vaccines, it's about getting people to accept falsehoods.

It's all about control.

If you can convince your cannon fodder to disregard their own health outcomes, you can convince them to go along with pretty much anything.

Then you just hand them their marching orders, and they comply, regardless of their personal consequences.

Follow the money trails

under capitalism, people just sick enough and certainly scared to be sicker, will not be healthy enough to do other things that may help them realize they don’t need to be exploited. it’s certainly not the only facet of how we are corralled into larger profits for the owners but it is one example.

Two possibilities...

• RFK does have a supplement/snake oil business(?) if I recall correctly, so he does have a personal stake in "MAHA"
• This sounds nuts but there is a possibility that he really believes what he is doing is correct, and became a useful idiot in the process

And don't forget the people within CDC who are more involved... I will never forgive Jayantha "Jay" Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli for dismantling the NIH. Btw the motive for Bhattacharya was very clear: he was an economist who proposed a fringe theory on COVID that was widely criticized, but then doubled down and essentially became entrenched in antivax himself. Which is also why I wonder if RFK also got high on his own supply

My guess is Russian money and/or kompromat... For single individuals

They aren't causing trouble for themselves as they will always have access to the vaccines that they need.

RFK is a member of The Faction, they are trying to overthrow The Director.

DO NOT SEND 001!

I don't get why these kinds of questions are still asked, when it has been the Republican and particularly, Trump's mission to throw the government in disarray. He's in it all for himself and everyone is at that expense.

There is nothing that is in it for them, except dismantle everything recklessly, plunge the country into complete internal chaos and then leave any competent administration, if there's any left, to spend all of their time fixing them if it is possible. Just in time for the chance of another Republican body to come in and do it all again.