In New Level of Stupid, Rfk Jr.'s Anti-Vaccine Advisors Axe Mmrv Recommendation
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RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine advisors have influenced a decision to axe the MMRV vaccine recommendation, sparking outrage and concerns about the politicization of public health; commenters express shock and link the incident to broader right-wing ideologies.
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It seems to me that as politics moves to the right, that death cultism becomes more popular - it's all about punishing the out-groups which the in-groups can celebrate, despite all the human misery that it causes.
As far as "sexual mutilation" goes, I'm more concerned about circumcision as the participants have no say in the matter whereas gender reassignment is something that the participant desires.