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RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants
from the bobby-strikes-back dept
As RFK Jr. continues to dismantle public health in this country policy brick by policy brick, there have fortunately been some consistent sources of sanity for the public to turn to. One of those sources has been the American Academy of Pediatrics, an important organization that provides guidance and dispenses funds to healthcare professionals and researchers to provide for the public health of American children writ large. Because the AAP is made up of medical professionals that are sane, it has been a vocal critic of many of Kennedy’s policy decisions, particularly when it comes to Kennedy’s war on childhood vaccines and his misinformation about autism.
While Kennedy used to fashion himself a liberal, he has become a remarkably quick learner when it comes to the finer points of facism from his boss. His latest move is downright Trumpian: HHS has yanked back millions in approved grants to the AAP.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions of dollars in grants awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it said on Wednesday, including ones the group said were aimed at reducing sudden infant death and early detection of autism.
The move comes as the AAP, a vocal critic of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., challenged vaccine policies enacted under his leadership in federal court. Kennedy, a longtime critic of vaccines, has accused the organization of accepting funding from drug and vaccine makers to further their interests.
“These grants, previously awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, were canceled along with a number of other grants to other organizations because they no longer align with the Department’s mission or priorities,” an HHS spokesperson said.
SID and autism detection are the headliners and for good reason. This is a cruel move that will likely result in some increase in the deaths of babies. It also takes away detection of Kennedy’s favorite hobbyhorse in autism spectrum diagnoses. Those are two things that Kennedy claims to very much care about, yet here we are.
But those aren’t the only things those grants funded. There are also things like mental health services and healthcare access in rural areas, the latter of which tend to be Trump territory. It seems that those who voted for Trump often times are his preferred victims.
CEO Mark Del Monte explains how bad this is and what they try to do about it.
“The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families in communities across the United States,” said Del Monte, adding that the group is assessing its options, including potential legal action.
No explanation I can find has been given for these clawbacks of previously approved grants. In lieu of such an explanation, we can but speculate, and the most reasonable speculation out there is that Kennedy is big mad that AAP has disagreed with him, and denounced him, at times. And so he punished American children and rural areas in desperate need of more access to healthcare.
He’s an egomaniac, in other words. And while that sure does make him fit in nice and comfy in the Trump administration, he remains likely the worst HHS Secretary in its nearly 50 years of existence.
Filed Under: fascism, grants, health and human services, retribution, rfk jr., vaccines
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Comments on “RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants”
Even if HHS were paying for it, this wouldn’t be enough money to pay for all the little coffins they’d need to bury the dead they’ll literally policy to death.
so to be sure, it was never about protecting children.
A monster appointed by Trump
A monster appointed by Trump who is an even bigger monster than he is. A monster who targets the vulnerable, the helpless, the weak, all while twisting what proper healthcare means for those who are can afford it. He is among the most evil of people that I have ever seen in the modern era and I’m only in my 30’s. I do not use the words ‘evil’ or ‘monster’ lightly as my grandfather fought against those same people over 80 years ago and told me what he saw.
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can afford it.
Sorry for the editing, I am just truly disgusted with what has been going on since the beginning of the second Trump administration.
Well, we can’t have early autism detection anymore. We can’t have parents not vaccinating their kids and then later being told they have autism. Maybe it wouldn’t completely upend the jig, but it would be awfully suspicious…
facts. However, Autism, at all levels, is also conducive to a happy life. Wanna know what isn’t? Death from hepatitis B. I may be biased (I’m autistic), but like I’d prefer autism.
“There are also things like mental health services and healthcare access in rural areas, the latter of which tend to be Trump territory. It seems that those who voted for Trump often times are his preferred victims.”
One sign of a coward/bully is the choice of targets. Either the ones too weak to defend themselves, or those unwilling to defend themselves. I would say this fits the die hard MAGA cult requirement for membership.
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I have nothing but gleeful schadenfreude for Trump voters harmed by the Trump administration. They knew what they wanted and now they’re getting it good and hard.
Re: Re: You voted for it, you get it
They voted for hate and suffering and now when it’s too late they’re finding out that they’re on the receiving end of it too.
The NRA should be happy
Canceling mental health services along with doing everything for gun availability will make sure that the U.S. does not drop below its currently met target of 365 mass shooting events per year (four or more injured or killed persons excluding the shooter).
No, Bobby. The department is what no longer aligns with anything else. AAP has maintained their same stance this entire time, so what changed?
SIDS: the solution
RFK has the solution to SIDS: those nursing babies are obviously not eating enough salads.
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Nope, the real solution is the one RFK is choosing: getting its retirement as soon as possible, and even hoping for an early impeachment.
If babies could just understand that and finally start finding a job in the few first months of their life.
Rfkjr is simply an extremist who hates anyone who follows the science and recommends vaccines and prefers to talk about weird theory’s about autism than recommend widespread public vaccination to stop the spread of measles and other diseases .thousands of healthcare workers are being laid off and funding of medicare is being reduced which will effect middle and working class votets who cannot afford expensive healthcare insurance plans
I swear this is intentional to get the rest of us to just not care.
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It’s because they are an unending well of stupidity and greed. Most grifters have to move on because their mark gets wise or runs out of money. But not the GOP. Every time Trump shows the world how dumb they are, they take it as a challenge to be dumber.
Re: Re: As the old saying goes:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time”
'How DARE you say I'm wrong, just for that I'm killing another thousand kids!'
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions of dollars in grants awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it said on Wednesday, including ones the group said were aimed at reducing sudden infant death and early detection of autism.
By this point RFK Jr. has made it undeniably clear that he considers protecting his ego and pride from those that would criticize him to be worth any amount of maimed and dead children.