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RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread (www.usnews.com)

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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah and it’s a good piece, but there’s a huge hole or two in the reasoning. Namely that rural areas are aiding and abetting the forces that beat them down despite clear and rational evidence - in abundance - to that fact.

They’ve given up on reason. They’re hoodwinked, bamboozled, conned, and every other synonym despite clear facts and science.

And cities bad is not new, but it’s also where their hero lives. So ?

Also the thing about cheering for assholes is kinda thin.

I think it’d be better to make these arguments through the media trump voters consume. That’s the underlying mechanic of his argument anyway.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That tracks, it's Jason Pargin. He's the king of oversimplifying an argument and then hammering it into the ground, but it's always at least entertaining.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

...but it's always at least entertaining.

Careful, that's how I used to hear Joe Rogan described.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

There's a pretty wide fucking chasm between Jason Pargin and Joe Rogan, but I take your point. Honestly I'm not sure it's necessarily a bad thing, the left could use a Roganesque figure; especially one who isn't afraid to call people on their bullshit rather than buy into it.