# Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary? {Yes, he did} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 30, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451 "2024-10-30T16:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/242 "2025-05-27T16:27:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > More like banning fluoride, insisting that all milk be unpasteurized, and getting an Executive Order in place to criminalize vaccines. Mandatory weekly full body dunking in wastewater effluent as well. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/243 "2025-05-27T16:58:27Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Mandatory weekly full body dunking in wastewater effluent as well. External toxins kill internal toxins! ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/244 "2025-05-27T18:32:56Z")
I thought - though I may be in the hold of “big dentistry” - that “gingervitis” was was a ploy on the part of Colgate, to trick us all into brushing our teeth? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/245 "2025-05-27T18:53:57Z")
It’s not RFK but RFK-adjacent, but this story seems ridiculous. Why are they spending time and money on these birds, unless there’s some real scientific discovery to be made? > **[Dr. Oz offers to import 400 Canadian bird flu farm ostriches](https://www.newsweek.com/dr-oz-offers-sanctuary-400-canadian-ostriches-2077527)** > > In January, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the birds be killed after a bird flu outbreak. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/246 "2025-05-27T18:57:44Z")
Are they covered by the Ostrich Refugee Act? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/247 "2025-05-27T19:14:04Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I thought - though I may be in the hold of “big dentistry” - that “gingervitis” was was a ploy on the part of Colgate, to trick us all into brushing our teeth? Gingivitis is. Gingervitis is the genetic disease that causes the soul to die in the womb. But yeah, I fully expect a rejection of anything that fluoride helps with. Everything is a conspiracy to these people. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/248 "2025-05-28T20:18:17Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Why are they spending time and money on these birds, unless there’s some real scientific discovery to be made? Since chicken eggs are so expensive, maybe they’re looking for replacements. A single ostrich egg probably outweighs a dozen chicken eggs. It’s a simple question of weight ratios. And since ostriches are flightless, we don’t need to consider their airspeed velocity when transporting the eggs between countries. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/249 "2025-05-28T21:40:57Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > And since ostriches are flightless, we don’t need to consider their airspeed velocity when transporting the eggs between countries. I heard the landspeed velocity is pretty far up there. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/250 "2025-05-28T22:11:32Z")
I think it would be great fun to watch the old/elderly RFKJr try to harvest ostrich eggs while Mama Ostrich was still in the paddock. “Moron meets velociraptor” is about what’ll happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/251 "2025-05-28T22:28:30Z")
The things this guy does or proposes to do truly boggles my mind! > **[RFK Jr threatens ban on federal scientists publishing in top journals](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/rfk-jr-medical-journals)** > > US health secretary calls leading medical journals such as Lancet ‘corrupt’ and pushes to create state-run alternatives ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/252 "2025-05-28T23:08:52Z")
> [@Tokushizu](#): > > The things this guy does or proposes to do truly boggles my mind! > [RFK Jr threatens ban on federal scientists publishing in top journals | Robert F Kennedy Jr | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/rfk-jr-medical-journals) From the link: > [@](#): > > Instead, Kennedy outlined plans to launch government-run journals Makes sense, because the studies RFK Jr. goes by wouldn’t be accepted by those top journals anyway. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/253 "2025-05-28T23:14:32Z")
The first one mentioned is the Lancet, which is literally the journal that started the “vaccines cause autism” business. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/254 "2025-05-28T23:18:57Z")
Don’t forget about the hazards of dihydrogen monoxide while you’re at it! Misuse can be fatal, and it’s been found in cancerous tumors, among other things. The latest I saw was that RFK v. 2.0 was going to censor medical journals, so they only print things this administration agrees with. Good luck with that. ETA: I see that was already addressed. I hadn’t read the whole thread yet. I’d also sure hate to be the person who didn’t get into medical school because Dr. Oz was there. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/255 "2025-05-28T23:20:05Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The first one mentioned is the Lancet, which is literally the journal that started the “vaccines cause autism” business. How about this Makes sense, because the studies RFK Jr. goes by, even if accepted by those top journals, have high risk of retraction due to errors, ethics violations, and political interference. . ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/256 "2025-05-29T20:55:23Z")
Trump says Putin is crazy now, so who is RFK Jr going to turn to in asking how to set up a proper state-run media? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/257 "2025-05-29T21:07:05Z")
Jr. just canceled a government contract with Moderna to develop an RNA vaccine for bird flu. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/258 "2025-05-30T02:26:24Z")
I don’t know if this counts as irony any more. The MAHAs don’t trust the mRNA vaccines and want to go back, as much as they even support vaccination, to the the more traditional method of producing flu vaccines. This generally means growing up the virus to vaccinate against in chicken eggs. This is how the flu vaccine has been made for decades. If bird flu wipes out the chickens, what’s going to be laying these eggs needed to produce the bird flu vaccine in the first place? Maybe those ostriches they’re rescuing from Canada? Think about the virus titer in an ostrich egg compared to a chicken egg. The MAHAs probably think they’ve found an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/259 "2025-05-30T02:27:06Z")
It looks like someone cheated and used AI to do his big report for him. The White House just issued RFK’s Make America Healthy Again report, and it’s a huge mess….including at least 7 citations of non-existent studies. Some of the authors cited were very surprised when they heard about the papers they’d been credited with writing. Gift link [https://wapo.st/45wdA6A](https://wapo.st/45wdA6A) ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/260 "2025-05-30T02:35:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It looks like someone cheated and used AI to do his big report for him. As it’s said, artificial intelligence can’t fix natural stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451/261 "2025-05-31T18:23:35Z")
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