Trump's assault on science will make Americans dumber and sicker
Why does Donald Trump disrespect science?
The question arises because so much of his attempted dismantling of the federal government has been aimed at scientific agencies.
His nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a leading anti-vaccine activist and an exponent of loopy, fact-free scientific theories and health remedies that are unproven or those that have been proven useless (such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as COVID-19 treatments).
He has spoken out against the fluoridation of drinking water, which the CDC has identified as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, along with vaccination, family planning and recognition of tobacco’s health dangers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ordered to take down web pages that provided patients and healthcare providers with crucial information about a panoply of medical conditions and its crucial Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, an indispensable statistical publication didn’t go out as scheduled for the first time in its 60-year history.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-13/trumps-assault-on-science-will-make-americans-dumber-and-sicker
Republicans celebrate ignorance. Dumbed down Americans are easier to manipulate.
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