I feel better knowing the orange jesus is in charge.

[spud_meister]

Start by putting an MD in charge?

Again, unpreventable, untreatable. What would an MD do? I want actual policy, not bullshit handwaving

 

[Allan]

You're right. I'm gonna make a thread about how it's RFK's fault my impact driver just died, since we're blaming him for things he has no control over.

No one's blaming him for these cases. The point is that he's unqualified to handle it at this point.

What's the qualification to handle two unrelated deaths from prion disease? Can you tell me what Harris' government would have done that could have had a different outcome?

You just keep posting strawman.

 

[Allan]

Again, unpreventable, untreatable. What would an MD do? I want actual policy, not bullshit handwaving

@Hari Seldon not worth the effort. He's going to keep posting strawmen.

At this point it's clear he's just sea lioning.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Dammit, if only people had voted for Harris, she would have been able to *check notes* prevent proteins from misfolding in peoples brains....

At least Americans wouldn't have to question whether their government was following science, or the Aaron Rodgers School of Medicine.

 

[spud_meister]

No one's blaming him for these cases. The point is that he's unqualified to handle it at this point.

You just keep posting strawman.

Handle what? What government policy affects the development of prion disease? Considering these people probably contracted the disease prior to the Trump administration, what exactly is your criticism of RFK?

 

[Allan]

Handle what? What government policy affects the development of prion disease? Considering these people probably contracted the disease prior to the Trump administration, what exactly is your criticism of RFK?

You mistake me for someone who can be sea lioned.

 

[noonereal]

So...vitamin A? Horse dewormer? Not sure what to do about CJD.

And Trump complains that Austrailia doesn't want US beef.

Why would anyone take US beef.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Handle what? What government policy affects the development of prion disease? Considering these people probably contracted the disease prior to the Trump administration, what exactly is your criticism of RFK?

He's wholly unqualified to be in a position that dictates public health.

Go on ‐ ask me why he's unqualified.

 

[spud_meister]

You mistake me for someone who can be sea lioned.

No, I mistook you for someone that had a point. Just post "RFK bad" next time, because that I would agree with.

 

[spud_meister]

He's wholly unqualified to be in a position that dictates public health.

Go on ‐ ask me why he's unqualified.

I completely agree with that, I'm not here defending RFK, I'm just asking OP to tell us what he has to do with deaths from prion disease, seeing how it's not due to a failure or absence of government policy.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I completely agree with that, I'm not here defending RFK, I'm just asking OP to tell us what he has to do with deaths from prion disease, seeing how it's not due to a failure or absence of government policy.

The bigger issue is whether RFK can be trusted to not exacerbate any given health crisis with his typical **** wittery.

 

[spud_meister]

The bigger issue is whether RFK can be trusted to not exacerbate any given health crisis with his typical **** wittery.

Yeah, but prion disease is probably the worst way to ask that, given so very few cases are caused by transmission.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Yeah, but prion disease is probably the worst way to ask that, given so very few cases are caused by transmission.

I'm glad we agree RFK is a useless turd.

Shame that he is a dangerous turd as well.

 

[soap box]

You'd have to be a moron to think that prion disease is a partisan problem. Why don't you tell us all how Harris would prevent proteins from misfolding?

I don't think Harris would appoint a dunce. I don't think the OP is about the next few hours, it's about the likelihood that RFK is so delusional (trump loyalist, and nothing more) that there's no reason to think that the government will be any use to the public in any potential emergency. We consent to governance but our government can't function with idiots in charge.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I don't think Harris would appoint a dunce. I don't think the OP is about the next few hours, it's about the likelihood that RFK is so delusional (trump loyalist, and nothing more) that there's no reason to think that the government will be any use to the public in any potential emergency. We consent to governance but our government can't function with idiots in charge.

That you have to patiently explain this is proof America is a trainwreck of sewage tankers sliding off a cliff into a pit of nuclear waste.

Christ, I miss Dubya Bush and I NEVER thought I'd say that.

 

[Minerva]

I'm glad we agree RFK is a useless turd.

Shame that he is a dangerous turd as well.

Then who put him in that position and what was their thinking process about our nation's health?

Oh wait.....

 

[Cosmo]

2 dead from rare mad cow-like brain disease in Oregon, county health officials say

The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

www.usatoday.com

And the great RFK Jr. I'm sure he's all over it. Just like measles which I believe has spread yet again.

vCJD usually kills its victims 6-9 months after the first appearance of symptoms. There is no cure, treatment, or vaccine for any TSE.

Center for Food Safety | Mad Cow Disease Q & A | | Mad Cow Disease Q & A

Q. What is mad cow disease? A. Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), belongs to a group of related diseases known as...

www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Wouldn't the timing make this Biden's fault? Or is Trump such a bad leader that he accidentally built a time machine, went back in time, ruined food standards in America, and came back to reap the "rewards?"