this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
65 points (94.5% liked)

Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

2325 readers
346 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
WhoRoger@lemmy.world
RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world
Awa@lemmy.world
65
The first post-Covid presidential election elevates the antivax movement (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Summary

Donald Trump’s re-election, with prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by his side, signals potential shifts in U.S. health policy that could weaken support for vaccines and public health agencies.

Kennedy, who endorsed Trump after ending his independent campaign, is expected to influence health policy significantly and has recommended vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Ladapo for a top health role.

Conservative proposals like Project 2025 aim to reduce the CDC's authority on vaccine recommendations, potentially fueling vaccine hesitancy and leading to the resurgence of preventable diseases, experts warn.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many more babies will suffer collateral damage.

That's the problem here. Population health affects everyone, so you can't just say "fuck you trump supporters", because everyone suffers for it.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can come to a liberal state and enjoy a government run that will fight the injustice.

[–] mishielda1234@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A luxury that so, so many people can't afford