RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks

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https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/rfk-jr-rewrites-cdc-panels-charter-opening-door-to-anti-vaccine-quacks/

Amazing to me that a judge can rule something illegal, and then all ge has to do is rewrite the charter and now, all legal!

Rothe@piefed.social

edited 4 weeks ago

Almost as if those fabled American checks and balances was based on nothing but good faith and nothing elsel all along.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world

4 weeks ago

some how I get the feeling it’s only legal in the sense that it hasn’t been done before

vegeta@lemmy.world

OP 4 weeks ago

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world

4 weeks ago

y’know the brainworm died from starvation, right?

HubertManne@piefed.social

4 weeks ago

kinda feels like something congress is supposed to modify.

Corvidae@lemmy.world

edited 4 weeks ago

I noted the other day that a page at CDC dot gov had a questionable source MBFC rating.

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world

4 weeks ago

What if he caught measles.

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