Classy!
How Trump's surgeon general pick uses her online following to make money
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/6/2326329/-How-Trump-s-surgeon-general-pick-uses-her-online-following-to-make-money
Classy!
How Trump's surgeon general pick uses her online following to make money
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/6/2326329/-How-Trump-s-surgeon-general-pick-uses-her-online-following-to-make-money
Yet as Dr. #CaseyMeans has criticized #scientists, #MedicalSchools & #regulators for taking money from the food & #pharmaceutical industries, she has promoted dozens of #health & wellness products—including specialty basil seed supplements, a blood testing service & a prepared meal delivery service—in ways that put money in her pocket.
#Trump's #SurgeonGeneral pick criticizes others' conflicts but #profits from *wellness* product sales
Trump’s pick to be the next US Surgeon General has repeatedly said the nation’s #medical, #health & #food systems are corrupted by #SpecialInterests & people out to make a #profit at the expense of Americans’ health.
#hypocrisy #law #USpol #PublicHealth #science #medicine
https://apnews.com/article/surgeon-general-trump-casey-means-affiliate-conflicts-8d8cb29defa07028dbd97fc24a72c474
“Let’s not kid ourselves, people who held eugenicist beliefs have always existed. Covid simply gave them permission to publicly express them. We went from being all in it together to sacrificing the elderly and the disabled because people wanted to ‘go back to normal’.”
My latest tells the story of my experience down the “wellness” rabbit hole after losing my Mom to cancer and nearly losing my life to medical neglect.
I genuinely believed that I could “cure myself”. When it became clear that wasn’t the case, my wellness friends abandoned me.
Told me I hadn’t tried hard enough. That I wanted to be sick. That I was “bad” for relying on medicinal and traditional medical care.
That experience shook me to my core. It exposed the eugenics beneath the false claims of caring.
It’s also why I believe Casey Means is exceedingly dangerous to the disability and chronic illness community.
They’re setting the stage to lay all blame on those who are sick, despite making policy decisions that create more illness in the first place.
It’s eugenics and it’s ramping up:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/why-the-new-surgeon-general-pick
It's not really funny because it just means more #tooth #cavities, as well as downstream health effects (#heart #health), but...
It's funny
In a sad, dark humor way
Because it's so fucking predictable
They have to invent outrage, because morons don't understand it, and they win the trust of morons for political power this way
It's just so pathetic and obvious
"#Florida #surgeongeneral says #fluoride shouldn't be added to #drinkingwater: '#Publichealth malpractice'"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-surgeon-general-says-fluoride-144517867.html
#Trump also put forward Dr. Janette #Nesheiwat, a physician & [yet another] #FoxNews contributor, to be #SurgeonGeneral. She also peddles vitamin B & vitamin C dietary supplements.
Nesheiwat is also a sister-in-law of Representative #MichaelWaltz of Florida, whom Trump has chosen to be his #NationalSecurity adviser.
Experts refute latest Florida guidance on #COVIDvaccine as flawed and dangerous https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2024/09/17/experts-refute-latest-florida-guidance-covid-vaccine-flawed-dangerous/ “Epidemiologists and a federal health agency have criticized new #COVID19 guidance from #Florida #SurgeonGeneral Joseph #Ladapo as “dangerous” and a repeat of “misleading and false statements about COVID-19 vaccines.”
»The #SurgeonGeneral Is Wrong. #SocialMedia Doesn’t Need #WarningLabels: This warning was not based on any actual science or evidence, but it kicked off decades of #moralpanic and #fearmongering.« https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-general-is-wrong-social-media-doesnt-need-warning-labels?eicker.news #tech #media
#SurgeonGeneral Calls for Warning Labels on #SocialMedia Platforms
Surgeon General #VivekMurthy has long indicated that he believes social media poses a health risk to children and adolescents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html
Surgeon general’s proposed social media warning label for kids could hurt kids
"It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on #socialmedia platforms stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents," Murthy wrote in a New York Times op-ed
#surgeongeneral #mentalhealth #kids
https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/youth-mental-health/social-media/index.html
I think this is a timely message. Social media is not sufficiently safe for young children and adolescents as the advisory states. It would be great to mandate a statutory warning about using social media, just like cigarettes or alcohol.
People need to know the potential harm of social media and I love this idea. Requiring age checks is logistically and constitutionally unacceptable and banning social media is draconian but people aren't understanding the harms. This is a good middle ground IMHO
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98821dn27lo
The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.
Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.
#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
How many Floridians have not been vaccinated because their #SurgeonGeneral has repeatedly focused on unsubstantiated risks of vaccination while seemingly ignoring the well-established benefits of the same?
In our opinion, UFCOM has an ethical obligation, as Dr. Ladapo’s employer, to denounce Dr. Ladapo’s misleading public health decrees”
The True Danger of #Florida #SurgeonGeneral’s Bogus mRNA Claims https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-true-danger-of-florida-surgeon-generals-bogus-mrna-claims https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-true-danger-of-florida-surgeon-generals-bogus-mrna-claims?source=twitter&via=desktop “Let’s be clear: #Ladapo’s claims are utterly false.
He neglected to mention that the #FDA has firmly rebutted the idea of the vaccines’ genotoxicity….
Ladapo is a doctor, so many people will believe him. But his claims are false and dangerous. #Disinformation on #VaccineSafety will cost lives,”
Lives he will never be held accountable for.
Everyone Says Social Media Is Bad for Teens. Proving It Is Another Thing. - Parents, scientists and the surgeon general are worried. But there isn’t even a shared de... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/upshot/social-media-teen-mental-health.html #mentalhealthanddisorders #teenagersandadolescence #computersandtheinternet #surgeongeneral(us) #murthyvivekh #socialmedia #parenting #research
Louisiana Passes Bill That Would Require Parental Consent for Kids’ Online Accounts - The measure would allow parents to cancel the contracts underlying their children’s accou... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/business/louisiana-consent-minors-online.html #childrensonlineprivacyprotectionact #surgeongeneral(us) #tiktok(bytedance) #childrensprivacy #schlegellaurie #instagraminc #socialmedia #robloxcorp #louisiana