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Public Health and Safety 

​The present state of the Department of Health and Human Services is a disgrace. Under the so-called "guidance" of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a man who has absolutely NO credentials or expertise, critical funding has been cut to entities that safeguard our public safety and the health of our children and the entire community. Much of what is being done is based not on science, but on a toxic brew of ideology and misinformation, much of it intentional. 

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As a doctor, I have to stand up and be counted on these incredibly serious threats that are coming, not from outside our nation, but from within our own administration.​

 

Mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services were made on April 1st, aiming to slash around 10,000-20,000 full-time jobs from the federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, OSHA and many more.  â€‹

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These funding cuts eliminate or cripple:

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  • Critical medical research, including development and testing of promising anti-infection and anti-cancer treatments.  

  • Prevention and treatment of HIV and other dangerous communicable diseases. 

  • Improving minority health.

  • Injury prevention.

  • Oversight over the approval of new drugs and vaccines, ensuring the quality and safety of medications and medical devices.

  • Gutting the infrastructure that oversees and regulates child support. 

  • The list goes on. And on.

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A well-known anti-vaccine advocate, conspiracy theorist and purveyor of medical misinformation, RFK has slashed or eliminated critical vaccination initiatives and is actively attempting to dismantle vaccine requirements for children. Measles is not a harmless disease of childhood, and it was considered to have been eliminated in this country in 2002. The current measles epidemic is only a tiny taste of what is to come. "Make America Sick Again" seems to be the motto.  

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The excuse that has been used is to "eliminate waste" and "increase efficiency". Is this really the agenda? Not on your life! And I do mean YOUR LIFE! 

 

I am very much in favor of the idea of efficiency in government, but cuts that affect the public well-being cannot be made with a chainsaw. As a doctor, I feel very strongly that when people's health and the national interest is concerned, we should try a more thoughtful and targeted, "surgical" approach to savings. Not a chainsaw.

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AND OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SEEM TO BE JUST FINE WITH ALL OF THIS! WE DESERVE BETTER!​

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