The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Has there been another event in American history that did more to destroy trust in government than the catastrophic, mendacious, grafting, grifting, power-grabbing response to the 2020 Covid 19 outbreak?

Our government funded another country's dangerous research into pathogens, and when that pathogen showed up in America, the government spent years lying about its origin. The government pushed poorly tested vaccines based on new technology, going so far as mandating their use on pain of loss of employment...or worse...denial of vital medical care. The government covered up the unbelievably bad research and testing done by Big Pharma, whose lies about the efficacy of the various vaccines were gleefully accepted by compliant government officials who were enthusiastic participants in the bribery scheme of government --> Pharma employment. The government used its jackbooted thugs to force compliance to a vast and ascientific collection of mandates to "protect" America from the virus, like the laughable "six foot rule," masking, ridiculous plexiglass barriers, closing schools filled with children...the least susceptible cohort, destroying businesses with nonsensical laws, and in most respects looking like an evil combination of Lysenkoism from 1930s Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

And America noticed! Trust in government is at an all-time low, and compliance with government vaccine recommendations for children began dropping during the Covid 19 hysteria.

And that is a very big problem, because there are many vaccines based on traditional technology and sturdy research that work wonderfully. Polio, Pertussis, Measles, Mumps, Tetanus, and several others based on robust science, backed up with excellent real-world data have almost eliminated those diseases.

But the same government that tells us that those vaccines are wonderful and safe and effective (and they are), also lied and manipulated and thieved and sent some of us to jail and tried its damnedest to make us a meek and compliant people.

So why should American parents believe a damned thing that government says about vaccination? They shouldn't, and the ascension of RFK Jr. (the nation's foremost vaccination skeptic) is not a coincidence. Is he a loon? Yup! But he also brings profound suspicion to a position that for many years has been a conduit for Big Pharma to tout its newest and most expensive toys, regardless of efficacy.

But he isn't stupid, and assisting Texas in dealing with a Measles outbreak, including providing the science-supported vaccine, is an appropriate and measured response.

RFK Jr. Says Texas Measles Outbreak 'Top Priority' at HHS, Sending Vaccine Doses

“Ending the measles outbreak is a top priority for me and my extraordinary team,” Kennedy said in a post on social media platform X on Feb. 28.

He said that his agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), would send Texas 2,000 doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine through its immunization program.

Additionally, HHS will provide “lab support to better track the virus causing the outbreak,” will communicate “with public health officials every day in all affected areas to support their response and ensure they have the resources they need,” and provide communications to local communities in Low German—the language used by Mennonites.

“We will continue to fund Texas’ immunization program. Ending the measles outbreak is a top priority for me and my extraordinary team at HHS,” Kennedy wrote on the platform.

That is a far cry from the foaming-at-the-mouth pontifications from the Trump-hating senators during RFK's hearings! It is positively measured and rational and respectful of the science. And that is a very big deal. America is sick and tired of having government diktats shoved down their throats, particularly when it comes to their children's health.

How strange will it be if it takes RFK Jr. to return the government healthcare apparatus to some modicum of sanity?

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X]

posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

| Access Comments