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DFW

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13. I'd put it slightly differently.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:41 AM
Aug 2025

Since there is no one specific case where he has recommended withholding life-saving treatment, I would rather say that he is advocating a national scenario whose consequences could easily be the painful and unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, more over time.

The most perverse aspect of the Trump cabinet is that it contains complete crackpots, long known to be crackpots, whom the Republican Senate confirmed into office, even though they knew in advance that they were crackpots. That, to me, is the very definition of “enemies, domestic”.

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What a terrible and preventable situation. My heart goes out to her twin brother over this heartbreaking loss. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2025 #1
My brother in law is a rabid anti-vaxxer. He killed his father with that nonsense. Coventina Aug 2025 #2
I'm so sorry for your loss. What a nightmare. yardwork Aug 2025 #10
I have no sympathy for Darwin Award winners. AZ8theist Aug 2025 #3
Yes. In the U.S. we put such a person in charge of HHS. yardwork Aug 2025 #11
Knew a family who fell for the "natural way to beat cancer". Xolodno Aug 2025 #4
Yup. Not everything that's natural is good for us. Heidi Aug 2025 #9
God that all natural stuff is nuts jfz9580m Aug 2025 #18
Anti-vaxxers are now running the fucking show and denying the public access to mRNA vaccines, as well as any Karasu Aug 2025 #5
"... this regime wants to kill as many Americans as possible." Wednesdays Aug 2025 #17
If people are interested in an in-depth look at this, the BBC has a podcast series about it muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #6
Deliberately letting someone die of a treatable disease is murder by any other name. DFW Aug 2025 #7
Then RFK, Jr. is committing mass murder. yardwork Aug 2025 #12
I'd put it slightly differently. DFW Aug 2025 #13
Good points. yardwork Aug 2025 #14
What a waste of a young life. EndlessWire Aug 2025 #8
Even sadder, cancer treatments were improving by leaps and bounds. yardwork Aug 2025 #15
Exactly! For example, immunotherapy saved Heidi Aug 2025 #16
It's weird that this "alternative healing" bullshit used to be popular with some on the left. progressoid Aug 2025 #19
It's *still* popular with many on the left. Heidi Aug 2025 #20
Ugh. That's a shame. progressoid Aug 2025 #23
"The Enlightenment was a great idea. Too bad it didn't take." Torchlight Aug 2025 #21
Ivermectin Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #22
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