They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.
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Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
I was only joking
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But what about the SAD? Don’t you want that fixed Jon?
Sure. But I’m reminded of what the republicans (rightly) said to GOP primary voters about Ron Paul 20 years ago.
All the stuff that he’s says that you like? Reducing the size of government, paying off the debt, balancing the budget, etc. he can’t do that without big majorities in congress.
All the scary shit he says? Pulling back US troops from everywhere and weakening our defense posture? He can do that day one.
Same with RFK Jr. He’s mostly powerless to change big food and beverage. But he can fuck with vaccines and therapeutics at will.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
You could always listen to the confirmation hearings and come to a conclusion based on your own observations, rather than sound bites from podcasts, carefully culled from his entire history, and without context. I'm really not worried about him.
Education is extremely important.
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Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
No, many of us still think he’s nuts and possibly dangerous. I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation. I mean, why the heck are they using dyes in ibuprofen, Benadryl, etc?
The Brad
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But what about the SAD? Don’t you want that fixed Jon?
Sure. But I’m reminded of what the republicans (rightly) said to GOP primary voters about Ron Paul 20 years ago.
All the stuff that he’s says that you like? Reducing the size of government, paying off the debt, balancing the budget, etc. he can’t do that without big majorities in congress.
All the scary shit he says? Pulling back US troops from everywhere and weakening our defense posture? He can do that day one.
Same with RFK Jr. He’s mostly powerless to change big food and beverage. But he can fuck with vaccines and therapeutics at will.
@jon-nyc said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Same with RFK Jr. He’s mostly powerless to change big food and beverage. But he can fuck with vaccines and therapeutics at will.
It would be strange to consider the power of an influential public figure and their messaging to be impotent. But to the point of being authoritarian in controlling what people eat, he has explicitly denied that that is his goal. Something about how, if people want their McDonalds, they should have their McDonalds.
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I’ve agreed with you in the past that cultural change among red state America vis a vis their atrocious diet would be a good thing. Rogan types are probably better vectors for that than a roided up old drug dealer. Hard to imagine Trump becoming a role model for being svelte and eating well.
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@jon-nyc And neither will he take away their vaccines, as much fun as deploying that rhetoric may be. I know your source of truth will be soundbites from podcasts, and I know you'll never listen to his confirmation hearings, so there you will stay.
Education is extremely important.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
You could always listen to the confirmation hearings and come to a conclusion based on your own observations, rather than sound bites from podcasts, carefully culled from his entire history, and without context. I'm really not worried about him.
@Horace said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
You could always listen to the confirmation hearings and come to a conclusion based on your own observations, rather than sound bites from podcasts, carefully culled from his entire history, and without context. I'm really not worried about him.
I don't think my conclusions are the problem here.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
No, many of us still think he’s nuts and possibly dangerous. I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation. I mean, why the heck are they using dyes in ibuprofen, Benadryl, etc?
@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
No, many of us still think he’s nuts and possibly dangerous. I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation. I mean, why the heck are they using dyes in ibuprofen, Benadryl, etc?
I think he's wrong in some of his views. Trump has already assured people he had a long talk with RFK on vaccines before nominating him. He's been told hands off, particularly in regard to the older, standard childhood vaccines.
OTOH, RFK has some views I agree with on sugar content, high fructose corn syrup, dyes in our food and medicine, population obesity and the cost of drugs in the U.S. vs. the rest of the world.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@jon-nyc And neither will he take away their vaccines, as much fun as deploying that rhetoric may be. I know your source of truth will be soundbites from podcasts, and I know you'll never listen to his confirmation hearings, so there you will stay.
@Horace said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@jon-nyc And neither will he take away their vaccines, as much fun as deploying that rhetoric may be. I know your source of truth will be soundbites from podcasts, and I know you'll never listen to his confirmation hearings, so there you will stay.
Put your JDS down for a spell and let’s talk about the issue at hand.
I believe he ‘won’t take away our vaccines’. But I suspect he would take initial, and deadly, steps such as mandate a Phase 4 placebo-controlled trial for most of them.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
Before he was bought out by Trump, most normal conservatives (as opposed to whacky conspiracy theorists) admitted he was crazy. Now, apparently he's something else.
No, many of us still think he’s nuts and possibly dangerous. I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation. I mean, why the heck are they using dyes in ibuprofen, Benadryl, etc?
@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
I was only joking
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@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
No, I think he's seriously anti-vax.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Horace said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@jon-nyc And neither will he take away their vaccines, as much fun as deploying that rhetoric may be. I know your source of truth will be soundbites from podcasts, and I know you'll never listen to his confirmation hearings, so there you will stay.
Put your JDS down for a spell and let’s talk about the issue at hand.
I believe he ‘won’t take away our vaccines’. But I suspect he would take initial, and deadly, steps such as mandate a Phase 4 placebo-controlled trial for most of them.
@jon-nyc said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@Horace said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@jon-nyc And neither will he take away their vaccines, as much fun as deploying that rhetoric may be. I know your source of truth will be soundbites from podcasts, and I know you'll never listen to his confirmation hearings, so there you will stay.
Put your JDS down for a spell and let’s talk about the issue at hand.
Yes I'm sorry for ever pushing back on you. I know you're innocent, always honest, never disingenuous. It's unfair that you receive pushback. You're the best of us, as you've always known, and as we've all had to learn.
I believe he ‘won’t take away our vaccines’. But I suspect he would take initial, and deadly, steps such as mandate a Phase 4 placebo-controlled trial for most of them.
I look forward to your rhetoric around this, should it happen.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
No, I think he's seriously anti-vax.
@Jolly said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
No, I think he's seriously anti-vax.
So, that's not good. Not at all.
I'm fairly sure that if he'd been put forward by the position by a Democrat President, many of the people making excuses for him would be way, way more negative.
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@Jolly said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
No, I think he's seriously anti-vax.
So, that's not good. Not at all.
I'm fairly sure that if he'd been put forward by the position by a Democrat President, many of the people making excuses for him would be way, way more negative.
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@Jolly said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
No, I think he's seriously anti-vax.
So, that's not good. Not at all.
I'm fairly sure that if he'd been put forward by the position by a Democrat President, many of the people making excuses for him now would be way, way more negative.
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I'm not clear in practice what RFK would do about them if confirmed. Based on the confirmation hearings, not much. More testing? Ok, frame that as "deadly" if you will, and the rest of us can discard the rhetoric. The point about aspirin not making it through the FDA today is well-taken. Maybe all of our existing regulations are "deadly" too, if one wanted to make the rhetorical case. Such cases are not objective truth, they are just a perspective.
I sure will carry for the rest of my life a mild resentment that I was forced to take the COVID vaccine, or lose my livelihood.
Education is extremely important.
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@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
@Doctor-Phibes said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
@LuFins-Dad said in They haven't spoken over a few hours in years.:
I will say that his stuff about the food dyes and some of the preservatives deserve a serious conversation.
Yes, he occasionally hits a target. The American diet is something else we should all be thinking about.
However, either he's seriously anti-vaccination, or he's cynically exploited people's fears in order to gain support. Neither alternative is good.
Personally, I don’t think he’s clearing confirmation. And I agree with @jon-nyc that some of his anti-vax rhetoric has serious implications, even if no official actions are taken. But I also think it’s an issue whether he’s approved or not. The multitude of lies put out by public health has a lot of people not taking things at face value anymore.
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that says vaccines are safe. Great, says the skeptic… That overwhelming scientific evidence is being provided by the same groups that said 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, and told us that masks were ineffective…, then said they were, then not really, then told us to not step into public without one. The same public health and scientific researchers that said COVID was absolutely not a lab leak and obviously came from pangolins in a wet market. They told us the vax would prevent spread and we wouldn’t get sick. Then changed to we’ll get a little sick, but won’t spread. Then, yeah, you can still spread but Natural Immunity doesn’t exist, so what else are you going to do? Oh wait, Natural Immunity doesn’t exist work pretty equivalently to the vax, but the vaccine is safer… Unless you’re a kid. Or a teen. Or a young adult…
I can excuse those people for looking at the huge piles of scientific evidence about the safety of vaccines and being a little skeptical.
The Brad
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I'm not clear in practice what RFK would do about them if confirmed. Based on the confirmation hearings, not much. More testing? Ok, frame that as "deadly" if you will, and the rest of us can discard the rhetoric. The point about aspirin not making it through the FDA today is well-taken. Maybe all of our existing regulations are "deadly" too, if one wanted to make the rhetorical case. Such cases are not objective truth, they are just a perspective.
I sure will carry for the rest of my life a mild resentment that I was forced to take the COVID vaccine, or lose my livelihood.
I agree it's not immediately obvious why a placebo controlled P4 trial in childhood vaccines would be dangerous, at least for those who haven't attended 'how to be paper-thin in clinical trials' class.
In certain fields of medicine, placebo-controlled trials are the gold standard, and many vaccines have undergone them. However, when there is already an effective treatment, forcing half your trial participants to forego the treatment in order to be test subjects for a potentially better treatment is considered unethical. In these cases they often run 'non-inferiority' trials, where they compare the new treatment to the old and if the new treatment is not inferior, it gets approval.
This is most common in oncology, where the ethics are really obvious since the endpoint is mortality. Imagine there a cancer that kills you in 3 months. We have a treatment that keeps 30% of the people alive five years and increases the median survival to, say, a year. Now someone introduces a potential better treatment. You really going to force half the people on placebo? No, you'd give half the existing treatment and the other half the new.
In a placebo controlled measles vaccine trial you would be consigning some percentage of the control group to a measles diagnosis. In a large enough trial, the worst outcomes would appear.
On top of that, as I've mentioned before, the mere fact of putting an official stamp on questioning the safety of these vaccines would encourage many more people to avoid them, with the predictable consequences. This indeed has already happened (the avoidance, its still too early for the consequences)
