MEN’S HEALTH – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already given Americans a preview of the Trump administration’s health policy priorities.
But how much of his distrust of the scientific and medical establishment is backed up by solid data and real-deal experts, and how much of it is half-baked bro science?
We spoke with leading authorities from across the scientific and ideological spectrum to get into the messy, complicated, and not-always-black-and-white world of medical research.
On October 25, two weeks before Donald Trump swept back into office with a swift and decisive victory, his future choice to lead the Department of Health & Human Services laid out his public health priorities in a tweet has been viewed more than 6.5 million times.
“FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.
“If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags.”
Whoa.
And when president-elect Trump later told Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he could “go wild” overseeing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among the other divisions of the HHS …
