Kennedy’s hearing signifies how close a man with medically racist beliefs is to becoming the US’s leading health official

  • Snot Flickerman
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    7 hours ago

    And if you think the gaggle of idiots running the country right now (up to and including RFK Jr.) has any intent to make personal genomics affordable to anyone but themselves, I’ve got a fucking bridge to sell you.

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      6 hours ago

      I do not. I don’t trust RFK Jr to do anything right except possibly by accident.

      Just reinforcing the point that there are legitimate and non-racist uses of race information in medicine.

      Edit: Keep in mind that the comment I replied too seemed to take issue with a list of conditions related to genetics that have different propensities in different races. There are racists like Kennedy on the one side and then there are idiots on the other who think that any credence given to nature over nurture is indicative of racism and could not possibly be backed by objective facts.