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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 25 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

He's a weird mix of "cannot be allowed near the job" and great ideas.

Well, two. This and getting the stigma off of psychedelics.

Nothing's worth having an anti-vaxxer in charge, though. Not even close.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

You forgot his third one, he supports stem cell research, which is odd given that his new buddies don't approve of creating new sources of stem cells (aborted fetal tissue).

[–] chaotic_altruist@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

I guess the worm didn't eat all of it.

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

Yes, that would be good, but let's be real here, this is basically a statement that says "hey big pharma, I'm not getting enough campaign contributions!! Get off your ass and give me some cash!" - Trump

This will NEVER get passed in a Trump administration. It's all window dressing on a big pile of streaming shit.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Honestly kind of weird, you would expect him to allow literally anybody to advertise their drugs from his usual deregulatory stance.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Nearly all countries do this. Even the regressive ones. It's one of the biggest reasons why pharma is a massive cash cow in the US, alongside the fact that we don't negotiate drug prices aside from a handful of drugs and only medicare/medicaid and only the past <4 years or so.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Wow, finally something I agree with him on

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 8 hours ago (3 children)
[–] stickyShift@midwest.social 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Even a blind clock is a horse once in a while

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

A broken horse will lead a man to water at least twice a day in the bush

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 28 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The other was avoiding processed foods. I'm guessing he won't be allowed to implement that either when his boss gets a wheelbarrow full of cash from the McClown.

There's a shot of RFK and the rest of the Dream Team holding a Big Mac somewhere and he genuinely looks like they've asked him to pose with a freshly laid dog turd.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Trump is smiling in the picture like he just made his new stooge pose with a dog turd

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

RFK just looks terrible in every picture I've seen

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Mike johnson photobombing in from the side, trying to be included.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Seriously, he gives me major whiplash. Like 90% of his opinions are pure bullshit, but I often agree with the remainder.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

He also left the dead carcas of a bear in Central Park.

He also drove over 300 miles to cut the head off a beached whale and bring it home.

RFK does a lot of strange things, and i don't think it was 100% the brain worm either.

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

"When your rich they just let you do it" - Some rich asshole

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

He also had a habit of eating raw or even partly rotten meat for a while IIRC. That's probably how he got that brain worm.

The behind the bastards podcast about him was a wild ride

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago

Fishing for bribes imo.

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago

Ads, yes. Class action legal ads for pharmasutical side effects/injury can stay. Do your testing ya smucks.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Heh, he's crazy as all get-out, but I agree with getting drug ads away from the uneducated public. If an ad has to have "ask your doctor about", it shouldn't exist anywhere, not just TV.

He just wants this one to de-educate people on the existence of drugs in general, but honestly, if you need to see a doctor to talk about them/get them, they don't need advertising in the first place. It does open up a bigger discussion on knowledge about the availability of pharmaceutical treatments, though, since some people probably ask their doctors about symptom treatment based on ads. It's purely reactive and the wrong way to take care of your health, but, I won't ignore the obviously systematic issues with access to affordable healthcare for proactive care, vs. "make this hurting stop" care.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

In Canada, they aren't allowed to tell you what a drug does in the ad, but they still have them. They try to hint at what they do, or just give you a vibe for it.

The classic example is the original series of Viagra ads.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 55 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

It's fucking weird how this motherfucker is against vaccines, for raw milk, but also wants to do things that actually would be good, as well, like this. That worm really did a number on him...

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

It's pretty understandable, I think. He actually does care about health issues. He's just cooked in his understanding of how many of them work. He thinks vaccine side effects are worse than their indented effect, etc.

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[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 33 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day...

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[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

This is how people end up down conspiracy theory rabbit holes. A conspiracy nut has just enough actually good ideas that people start to think they’re smart and believe the utter nonsense they spew afterwards.

I still don’t like him, but I’d love to see this happen.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 13 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Legitimate good ideas wrapping around a few extremely terrible ones is exactly how people get pulled in to the scam.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 13 hours ago (34 children)
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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 231 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

For as many foolish things Kennedy has talked about wanting to institute, a drug ad ban is not one of them. Kinda awesome, actually.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 105 points 15 hours ago (7 children)

Not exactly worth the damage he's gonna do, though.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 174 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

This is like when you get the right answer using the wrong formula

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 37 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Fuck him and his insane and dangerous suggestions about medical stuff.

But "ask your doctor about X" ads where X is a prescription-only drug should definitely be banned. Why the fuck would I ask my doctor about a medication if they haven't already suggested it to me?

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 12 hours ago

Shit so we'd be like Europe? Okay sign me the hell up

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