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[–] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 238 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Damn that FDA and their suppression of...*checks list...sunshine?

Was the solar eclipse an inside job?!?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 68 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's like the FDA having just reasonable guidelines on how much UV you can safely be exposed to. RFKJR prolly thinks sun lotion prevents all the healthiness from the sun and crystallises your amygdala or something along those lines.

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 51 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

It's quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people. Found that one out from an old high school crush from FL. She looks like leather now.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It’s quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people.

I mean, it halfway is:

  • "Sunscreen" -- stuff with a decently high SPF rating -- is a good thing that prevents cancer.

  • "Suntan lotion" -- usually glorified coconut oil with fuck-all SPF rating -- is a bad thing that harms people.

  • "Sunscreen lotion" -- a confused amalgamation of the previous terms -- is not a thing and only misleads people by conflating good things with harmful ones.

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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 58 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it's the FDA keeping people from exercising.

What he's missing is that people who want raw milk are already finding ways to get it. And people who understand the safety issues won't buy it.

There might be some real self selection and culling of the right wing heard about to happen. Maybe this is for the greater good after all?

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

They're suppressing my ability to digest food?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 169 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (12 children)

In all that crazy, there's, shockingly, two good points:

  1. Psychedelics. There's at least anecdotal evidence they're good for treating certain traumas / PTSD. So, yeah, we should be looking into their medicinal applications. But is it the FDA or the DEA that's cockblocking those?

  2. Stem cells. Abso-fucking-lutely yes. But wasn't it the "pro life" people holding that up?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 86 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Stem cells.

He’s not talking about the stem cells that can cure a select few diseases.

He’s talking about an alternative medicine thing which is basically sticking cells from your right arm into your left arm and calling it “stem cell therapy” then claiming it can cure hundreds of diseases.

There is zero evidence (or RCTs) showing his version of “stem cells” works.

The FDA bases approval on two highly successful phase 3 RCTs of a specific drug for a specific condition. You can read more about that process here

Neither psychedelics not RFK’s version of stem cell therapy has that yet.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 24 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Thanks for clarifying. I took the mention of stem cells in the wall of crazy tweet to be the more credible form of stem cell therapy. Considering I was fully aware of who was making the statement, the fault is mine.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 101 points 15 hours ago

Don't expect consistency from this administration.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

My guy, Peptides and SARMS are also super interesting,think of it as the middleground between sports suplements and steroids, chemicals to fuck with your hormones in specific ways. Im taking 4 seperate ones at the moment and my biggest worry is "Am I getting whats on the label" and the biggest reason I dont know is that the FDA wont approve them for human consumption, even though thousands of people do.

I know I might be placing myself at risk of side effects, but I'm already doing it! I'm going to continue doing it, at least let me know my BPC157 is legit.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 34 points 15 hours ago

I mean psychedelics really shouldn't be suppressed as much as they want, but with him gutting all actual medical science, they're not gonna be helping much.

They have tons of potential and power, but binging mushrooms for three days and dancing in circles isn't probably the only way we can utilise them. (I'm not saying it's a bad one, just not necessarily suited for everyone.)

And actually if psychedelics gets lumped into his shit it might just be a step back for research on psychedelics when eventually this craziness of his blows up in his face. Hopefully before he implements any of it. Or even gets into office.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 21 points 15 hours ago (7 children)

Clean foods is also a good thing

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 48 points 14 hours ago

My concern is that his definition of clean food is incompatible with a sane definition of clean food.

We're talking about a man who got mercury poisoning from eating unsafe fish, and ate meat that caused a worm to eat part of his brain. His standards for food safety are clearly not the same as mine.

If he were to assert that pasteurizing milk causes nearsightedness and lazy eye, I wouldn't not be surprised.

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[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 12 points 14 hours ago

For point one, there was a big study about it but it turned out the study co-ordinators were intimidating people into saying that it helped them when it didn't. This is why psychedelics are still banned because the "scientists" that were trying to prove that they were safe fucked up in the dumbest possible way.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 127 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine."

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 30 points 14 hours ago

Unexpected Tim Minchin!

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 28 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

127TB of data. That's almost exactly 20 LTO-6 tapes. Good for 30 years when you'll need to transfer them to something better.

It'll cost you less than $300 and it'll all fit into a shoebox.

Become an archivist. The future depends on it.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It’ll cost you less than $300

Except for the multi-thousand-dollar drive.

[–] UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Lto6 drives are more in the sub 500 realm now. Still pricey but far more affordable. Of course more modern lto.... Yeah

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

High latency though and particularly catastrophic if you get packet loss

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 42 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Don't worry, everyone! While we will ignore science and make sure you don't have vaccines, you'll have shrooms, rock crystals, and essential oils when bird flu finally hits.

Or I eat a dead bat and become patient zero for Ebola. It's all good! - RFK Jr

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 5 points 11 hours ago

I'm surprised, with all the whale carcasses and roadkill bears, RFK Jr hasn't already become patient zero for a pandemic.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, Stem Cells becoming more available is cool. I don't expect his christian overlords to allow it, but it's a cool thought.

I just hope none of his other snake oils end up in products for the general population. If it just killed off willing idiots then womp womp, they get what they voted for, but public health risks are rarely so discriminatory.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

One the one hand, yes, I expect there to be internal pushback on this one. On the other hand, the HHS Secretary reports directly to the least Christian man in America.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

But the supreme authority in this case is the senate. If the Trump Admin steps too out of line the senate can remove the secretaries, federal judges, and/or the president themself with 60 votes, which would be as easy as 45 DNC, 2 IND, and 13 GOP.

In fact, Trump was forced into signing steel tariffs / sanctions against Russia when he initially refused to sign S.722 in 2017.

Seems like a lot of the sources on that debacle have been lost to the pile of Russia and Trump ties, but I remember it very clearly.

Christians acting evil starts to make sense if you consider god was never on any of our sides.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, make psychedelics legal!

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

As much as I want psychedelics to be legal, I think putting RFK in charge of anything important is far too high of a price to pay.

[–] _bcron_@lemmy.world 30 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

stem cells

Evangelicals: I think you're getting ahead of yourself

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

I think we should take full advantage of this opportunity. Ok, here we go.

"Robert F Kennedy Jr Is a 👶🗡️BABY MURDERER👶🗡️!!! He thinks people should inject 💉themselves with stem cells which is just a Demoncrat code name for little bits of 💀unborn baby💀! 👏President Trump 👏 is appointing a pro-choice Demoncrat 👹 BABY MURDERER to head up the FDA !! Pass it on and tell PRESIDENT Trump to not appoint ☠️BABY MURDER RFK JR ☠️ to run the FDA."

How am I doing so far?

Edit: Facebookified it a bit.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Look people. This is life now. We could rise up and put all these motherfuckers out of our misery, but nobody is willing to handle business

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago

The American public is too servile, and too busy tearing each other down, to do that.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

Ah yes, vitamins, the secret cure-all that has been kept from us all those years without brainworms at the helm.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Day of the living brain dead.

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