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Summary

The nomination of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. health secretary under Donald Trump has alarmed global health experts, who fear it could undermine vaccination efforts and public health globally.

Kennedy has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation, which critics warn could reduce immunization rates, risking outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles.

His plans to reform U.S. health agencies and tackle “corruption” could disrupt institutions like the FDA, while Trump’s broader policies may include withdrawing from the WHO and reinstating abortion funding bans.

Concerns also extend to potential trade wars affecting medicine supplies.

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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

Only if the rest of the world lets them be influenced by the US. If major powers like the EU do, then it's their own fault.

[-] gedhrel@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Antibiotic-resistant communicable diseases don't respect political borders.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Don't let in the US migrants nor their ideologies 🤷

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago

COVID showed us that when we close the borders it's already too late.

American avian flu will be global long before enough other governments take it seriously enough to react, because the people who should have raised the alarm (in the USA) will be too busy looking for a job, in jail, dead, or ignoring it and drinking raw milk.

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