What a mother's 1834 letter about measles tells us about MAHA

(statnews.com)

5 points | by EA-3167 7 hours ago ago

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  • EA-3167 7 hours ago ago
  • bediger4000 5 hours ago ago

    According to Politico, MAHA is “made up largely of women who followed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the MAGA fold.”

    I think the "followed" part is important. It makes RFKJ the leader. It looks to me like RFKJ's motivations are not as pure or as sympathetic as his followers'. It looks to me like RFKJ wants to destroy "medicine" so that quacks who have no ethical obligations or duties in law, can peddle bullshit. All that is outside what this article deals with, however.

    They discount a protection [measles vaccine] that works, because measles has become a stranger.

    And that's where the article fails. Why do the "they" in this sentence (MAHA followers) discount the protection? Because RFKJ as a leader, as an authority, says so. The article fails to pin the blame on RFKJ or examine his motives.