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Odd that RFK, in his laudable efforts to protect children, doesn't see the greatest danger to the young - the fact that they spend their lives in cars, having little exercise compared to previous generations, and not learning independence and genuine careful judgment the way that we who spent our lives on bicycles did; we knew pretty well how to judge danger, and because we moved in a sea of other children we were far safer 1/2
#RFK #ActiveChildren #CarAddiction

Hey, I don’t want to alarm anyone, but....we should all be alarmed. This kind of tracking is how the Nazis were able to kidnap and hide the fact that they were murdering differently abled children, well before the camps were built.

The National Institutes of Health is amassing private medical records from a number of federal and commercial databases to give to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study #autism, the #NIH's top official said Monday.

In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, ....

Between 10 and 20 outside groups of researchers will be given grant funding and access to the records to produce Kennedy's autism studies. Bhattacharya did not give details on how they would be chosen, ...."

#rfk #quacks #science #tracking #privacy #ppi #infosec

cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism
(Doh, forgot link)

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human difference.

RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his alliesBy John Harris

#fda #doge #rfk
Over $11 billion has been slashed, and Kennedy didn’t seem to have a firm grasp on any of it. Possibly because Elon Musk’s DOGE is rampaging through government agencies, making cuts without any adults in the room.

gizmodo.com/fda-guts-food-safe

Gizmodo · FDA Guts Food Safety Testing in Latest Move to 'Make America Healthy Again'The FDA also refused to publicize an outbreak of E. coli, according to a new report.