The confirmation hearings are revealing, overall, that Project 2025 is going swimmingly. RFK, Jr. faced predictable lines of questioning—hardballs from Dems, softballs from Republicans. It’s unclear how much of a difference Caroline’s letter and video will make when it comes to her cousin’s bona fides.
One thing about his vaccine stance, though—isn’t there middle ground when it comes to making sure vaccines are still available? Instead of the extreme of prohibiting research and availability and making questionable claims about their efficacy, can’t people be given the option of receiving a vaccine or not receiving it?
In other words, leave the decision to an informed public– let us choose, instead of taking that option out of our hands.
Saying that out loud, I realize that the whole intent of vaccinating the public is to thwart a disease’s ability to spread—something that’s much more difficult to accomplish if a bunch of people aren’t immunized, aren’t participating.
Pete Buttigieg is right—it boils down to trust. Who are we gonna believe– the environmental lawyer and seeming quack who’s attempting to punch way above his weight, or scientists and virologists and immunologists who do research and have the tools and know-how to come up with solutions for our ills, who tackle things rationally and want to get it right when it comes to providing something as remarkable as a vaccine that, by and large, protects from the scourges that would otherwise make us miserable or do us in?
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