That would be our brain damaged secretary of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy. Here's a gift link to a NYT essay by several former directors of CDC, which says it all, or at least most of it, but in tones far too sober and detached. (Natch, the Wall Street Journal today features an oped by Kennedy himself explaining why he's right and all the scientists are wrong. Apparently Rupert Murdoch thinks a population of sick people is good for business. No link ofcourse.)
Anyway, I'm not subject to the constraints of propriety. Kennedy is a raving lunatic. His narcissism is of course why he is a kindred spirit with the equally insane president, but Kennedy's appointment was really purely transactional, a deal in return for the deluded voters who are Kennedy's followers and who held the Covid-19 vaccines against the Dumpster. The Republicans in the Senate utterly disgraced themselves by voting to confirm him. His insane anti-scientific theories have nothing whatever to do with conservative ideas, or the interests of Republican voters and donors. In fact Kennedy is murdering white Christian children, white supremacists, Ayn Rand assholes, business owners, authoritarian ultra-nationalists, wealthy Republican donors, gun nuts and far right militias, and the rest of the Republican coalition at a higher rate than he is murdering everybody else.
I'm a real scientist. (I have a doctoral degree!) I know how public health and clinical research are done. I know a lot about epidemiology, clinical trials, and statistical inference. Kennedy doesn't know shit, in fact he mostly believes the opposite of what is true. How is that "conservative"? How will that make America Healthy Again? Actually, although we aren't as healthy as other wealthy countries, we're a helluva lot healthier than we were before the CDC came along. The reason we aren't as healthy as those other countries isn't because we consume more food dye -- we don't -- it's because we have more inequality, less access to medical care, and a weaker social safety net.
This despicable scumbag is sacrificing our children's lives and our country's future for the sake of his bloated, morally depraved ego. If you're looking for a criminal to deport, you can start with Robert Kennedy Junior.
