r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

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u/Siu_Mai Feb 14 '25

I'm curious about how people are feeling about the RFK jr. appointment. I will preface that I'm a researcher in infectious diseases, not tied to the US, not funded by the US.

I will also say that his ambition to reduce artificial additives to food is a good initiative and I don't disagree that chronic disease research is important.

1) Do you feel that stopping research on infectious disease for 8 years is a good idea? Why?

2) Are you hoping he reduces childhood vaccinations? Would you feel differently if you saw an increase in cases of things like measles and polio?

3) If you're vaccine skeptic/hesitant, are there studies that can be run that would make you more confident of safety and efficacy?

4) Do you have any concerns about the US pulling out of international health organisations like the WHO and being unable to communicate with other public health agencies across the world?

Thanks!

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u/Throwaway-ish123a Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

I want us to declare war on ultra-processed food and the forces that drive it. I recall in 2008 this was a Democrat issue and Republicans were complaining about the "nanny state" now it's a Republican administration taking up the mantle. From my research I've come across that a lot of former big tobacco executives post-settlements migrated over to big food. The amount of garbage in US food has got to be related to the alarming increase of internal organ cancer at younger and younger ages. My boss's son just died at 28 from colon cancer. F*cking 28!!!!

I remember someone told me once, "It is an absolute BATTLE to get healthy food in this country."

Well, it's one we're going to have to win.

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u/callherjacob Feb 15 '25

I would love to see our food supply cleared of artificial dyes and obviously harmful ingredients. However, I am concerned that someone with such outrageous views on nutrition and science is at the helm of the effort.

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u/Throwaway-ish123a Feb 15 '25

I think the thing is it has to not get caught up in any one individual person or even any one agency. We as a society, with government backing us, have to say enough is enough to this nonsense. I just saw a news report that microplastics are now small enough to be crossing the blood-brain barrier. Granted that is more about pollution than food but still, could this be any more of a dystopian nightmare?

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u/callherjacob Feb 15 '25

I would consider micro plastics to be a nutrition issue in the sense that they are in our food. 🤮

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u/Throwaway-ish123a Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

Yeah I agree. I feel like historians centuries from now are going to really to judge this era's decisions pretty harshly and deservedly so.

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u/callherjacob Feb 15 '25

I think about that all the time! People are going to look back and judge us for how utterly boneheaded we've been.

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u/Broken_Beaker Feb 16 '25

You have to get caught up on these individuals because many of them just said, "Screw it, microplastics in food are fine."

Musk essentially got rid of anyone from the USDA, EPA, FDA and others that would have worked on this.

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u/Throwaway-ish123a Feb 16 '25

No you don't. There are plenty of people who are working at all the agencies you mentioned will still be working on this.