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So... what's the real endgame here? What's the agenda?
Is it strictly some mind bogglingly dumb but well intentioned effort to do what they genuinely believe is what's for the best of human health, with a complete absence of understanding of how to apprehend let alone interpret the most basic of scientific studies?
Could a large cluster of people really be that skull fuckingly brain damaged?
Or - and I'm very cautious to not claim this as fact - is there some actual further nefarious agenda at play? (Which I'm having a bit of a hard time articulating?)
Is it an "X superpower has dirt on the administration, and is pushing for things that will harm the US in order to comparatively increase their international standing and influence" kind of play?
Or some "make them even more weak, sick and bankrupt (and having less access to education and critical thinking), they'll be easier to control and manipulate" kind of play?
Or an "if we make public health even worst than it is now, we'll (somehow?) find a way to privatize even more health related see stuff? (I don't know what's left to privatize in US health though)" kind of play?
Or literally "we need to fight overpopulation, and the rich will always have access to healthcare and vaccines anyways, so push that shit to eventually kill the poor in droves"?
Fack
I'm honestly leaning towards "skull fuckingly dumb", combined with a reckoning of how few idiots it takes to break the system.
Kennedy is a well established moron, so I don't doubt for a second that he could do this simply out of stupidity. A problem of its own is that a person appointed by the president (rather than hired by a qualified board) can even do this in the first place.
All comes down to rules and guidelines built around the assumption that people have integrity, a moral compass, and will be held accountable. Just so completely fucking naive