‘He is one of us!’: US anti-vaxxers rejoice at nomination of David Weldon for CDC
‘He is one of us!’: US anti-vaxxers rejoice at nomination of David Weldon for CDC
The move comes as US faces increased threats from bird flu, mpox, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases
Summary
Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-vaccine advocate David Weldon to lead the CDC has sparked celebration among anti-vaccine groups.
Weldon, a former congressman and longtime critic of vaccine safety, has promoted debunked theories linking vaccines to autism and appeared in anti-vaccine films.
His nomination raises concerns about undermining vaccine recommendations, public health messaging, and legal protections for vaccine manufacturers, potentially jeopardizing access to childhood immunizations.
Critics warn this move signals the Trump administration’s alignment with anti-vaccine ideologies, prioritizing politics over science-based public health policies.
I wish antivax idiots would just go visit a third world country. I know it won't matter to some of them but maybe some would change their views when they see kids dying of diseases that have been eradicated in the US.
They will probably barely care even if it strikes down their own children. They will cry and say it was God's will and overlook that it was preventable
They have. Here's an example of one prominent anti vaxxer visiting Samoa.
I wish antivax idiots would just go visit a third world country.
Stick around, they are making this a third world country blazingly fast. Watch as the U.S. becomes our own shit-hole country.
I wish antivax idiots would just go visit a third world country
One did
We're entering a phase of unprecedented government distrust. Right now, we have barely a safety net but at least it sometimes worked.
Now, we have politicians (not experts) deciding whether medicine is good or not. Each state, hell, each DOCTOR will need to decide if a treatment is good for you or not and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Imagine these politicians completely denying any vaccine approvals. Even if your doctor wants to vaccinate you, they literally can't.
So many MAGA hats have benefitted from the protection of their government and are now going to see the consequences of their actions and were all going to pay that price.
As a non American I look at the news stories with absolute shock. And popcorn 🍿
Unfortunately, this carnival show is coming to you, at a rapid pace.
Imagine these politicians completely denying any vaccine approvals. Even if your doctor wants to vaccinate you, they literally can’t.
Under current law they can. It's not illegal to prescribe unapproved medicine, it just risky because FDA approval is considered a reliable standard. If the FDA goes to shit, they can look to foreign countries for more reliable guidance. Organizations need to learn to put their professional obligations over just following what the government says.
He is one of us!!” the co-director of the anti-vax group Mississippi Parents for Vaccine Rights wrote on Facebook. “Since before our movement had momentum. Dream Come True.”
“Every day more good news!” wrote another prominent anti-vaxxer in West Virginia.
Definitely the first states I think of when discussing where to get the best medical care.
If it wasn't for public universities propping up healthcare in those states, they would have a serious problem.
God I hope china actually does create a super virus to wipe us out. The level of fucking hubris here unimaginable.
No need. Americans are already infected with the "maga" virus. So far its doing a better job than any actual viruses can do.
We can only hope they Darwin award themselves all out of the genetic pool.
It's just the dormant Confederacy virus reappearing because host conditions have deteriorated
Hat would be the stupidest idea ever.
You cannot control viruses. They'll mutate and cross borders whether you like it or not, it WILL come back to bit you in the balls
Yeah but if the rest of the world gets vaccines like intelligent people we only lose the US, which is only sorta bad.
His cabinet is already stocked with batman villains lead by Elon Musk as the newly created secretary of layoffs. You're going to have to do better than a everyday crazy Republican to outrage me at this point.
How is a medical doctor not able to understand the necessity of vaccines? Fucking buffoonery.
Seriously. Go somewhere where not everyone gets a polio vaccine. It'll blow your mind the suffering these people deal with. Deformity, budget/homemade prosthetics, obvious suffering and constant pain.
Even if you accept that vaccines COULD cause autism at even a higher rate, holy shit it's better than the alternative.
In an alternative time line scientist have already found the cure for the common cold. In ours we are fighting over whether or not catching measles helps build character.
9 out of 10 doctors may agree on things, but there's always the 1 out of 10 who is happy to promote quackery to gain notoriety and political promotion.
I think we rename anti-vaxers death carriers.
I'm partial to plague-rats, myself.
Nurglings!
So basically the only things standing in the way of V for Vendetta (movie version) coming true is
a) the fascists achieving the technology and competence to deliberately create a pandemic without anyone finding out and
b) the fact that RL Britain would NOT survive via isolation.
SUPER. 🤦
I wish anti-vaxxers would think really hard and realize that 99% of them received the MMR (and others) vaccine as a child.
Numb fucks don't understand that it's vaccines that let them live as healthy as they have.And how many still receive flu vaccine every year? I'll bet that while many are spouting anti-vaxxer bullshit out of one side of their mouth, they're quietly scheduling the yearly shots out of the other.
Can't throw around lies when sick in bed.The problem is that no one knows all the times they didn't catch a horrible disease because of vaccines. It's impossible to ever know. But every time they seen anyone with autism it reinforces their ridiculous belief that they're related.
I haven't met any anti-vaxers who still get flu shots unless it's the people who are specifically against the covid vaccines because of them being mandatory and "experimental". But yeah they definitely benefitted from getting those shots as a kid and even if they didn't they still benefitted from everyone else getting them due to herd immunity.
Absolutely disgusting. I hope we don't have any pandemics in the next 4 years. The world will suffer needlessly...
Oh, we will. We have bird flu and mpox on the horizon. These people will make polio and measles a thing again too.
Between those and tariffs, we seem to be headed for an isolationist period.
The surgeon general of Florida already told kids with measles not to isolate......
The world will guaranteed suffer. Not needlessly though, it is quite by design for the benefit of billionaires and their politician henchmen. While the rest of us grovel and die, and supplicate and debase ourselves for table scraps, they'll be dynamiting the planet into their image.
Damn, want them to drop the zombie movie where they had the cure but never used it because of regulatory capture by a bunch of idiots.
This should not be surprising to anyone. US had, what, over a million covid deaths? Guess the public and politicians need reminding of the very visual and dangerous viruses that caused insurmountable suffering to its victims and families (thinking of polio & others).
Bird flu, ready, set...
Next pandemic : “hey bird flu grab a seat”
Bird flu: “why, I have them perfectly setup?”
Next pandemic: “really? Watch this.”
Bird flu: “fucking hell!”
The USA is so fucked, damn.
At least these people will get what they deserve