Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.

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      9 months ago

      This can all be tied back to Fox News really.

      This is what happens when you let a propaganda channel masquerade as news for 3 decades in your country with basically no pushback.

      Just the fact that they haven’t somehow been sued into oblivion, or curtailed by the government at all lends legitimacy to them.

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        The thing is, they were just sued for like a billion dollars by Dominion over the voting machine bullshit… and it’s just a drop in the bucket for their legal team.

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        9 months ago

        now it largely branched out to propaganda networks, which is a favorite among millneals, genz conservative like oan and newsmax. additionally they follow the right wing grifters now.

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      I’m not old, but not young either, and I’d agree with your observations. It’s getting very concerning.

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      on reddit i was pointing out in the 1st term of trump how much russian back articles were being pushed on the subs, it was clear by then how they were moderating it even back then too.(this was before russia had a hold over r/conservative)