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#1694 Unhealthy Discourse: RFK Jr. and the Anti-Science Movement Endangering Global Health


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Air Date 3/4/2025

An old proverb says that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and we're all about to see how dangerous as know-nothings and science skeptics take over the government agencies staffed by doctors and scientists with the goal of keeping the population healthy.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: U.S. health agencies hit with mass layoffs by Trump administration - Way Too Early with Ali Vitali - Air Date 2-18-25

KP 2: Department of Health and Holy Sh*t: RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement and What It Means for America Part 1 - Inside the Hive - Air Date 2-5-25

KP 3: Psychiatric Struggle w/ Danielle Carr - The Dig - Air Date 2-17-25

KP 4: MAHA Forever - The Dream - Air Date 2-16-25

KP 5: Republicans are Proposing Bills SO F***ing Stupid They’ll Make Your Head Explode - The Humanist Report - Air Date 2-18-25

KP 6: Samoa's Health Chief Says RFK Jr. Spread Anti-Vax Misinformation Before Deadly Measles Outbreak - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-31-25

(48:15) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the tragedy of the mirror world

DEEPER DIVES

(57:25) SECTION A: HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS

(1:15:51) SECTION B: RFK JR.

(1:30:48) SECTION C: ANTI-SCIENCE DANGERS

(1:55:19) SECTION D: PREDATORS AND PREY

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Description: RFK Jr. speaks at the podium at a Trump-Vance rally while an out-of-focus Donald Trump watches him in the background.

Credit: “Donald Trump & Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

 

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