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The problem with the recent (Tuesday) Supreme Court overturning of Humphreys Executor^ is that it makes Congressionally-intended independent regulatory agencies
by ethbr1 3mo ago
The problem with the recent (Tuesday) Supreme Court overturning of Humphreys Executor^ is that it makes Congressionally-intended independent regulatory agencies (read: FDA) much more behold-to and controllable-by any current President.
Which turns "fixing the regulator to use facts" back into "convincing enough people to elect a President who believes in the scientific method."
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey's_Executor_v._United_States#Subsequent_developments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey's_Executor_v._United_...
- Schiendelman 3mo agoIf you're already at the point of thinking about national politics, you won't have an impact. If your goal is to get more people vaccinated, the best thing you can do is going to be local. Funding or volunteering at free vaccination drives. Getting vaccination science into your local school curriculum early. Asking your local health department what they are struggling with.
- ethbr1 3mo agoYes and... It's important, if one is able, to also push towards supporting a regulatory process that allows vaccines to be researched, productized, tested, approved, and covered by insurers. All of which the current US administration is actively trying to attack. I'm normally on the side of Trump et al. simply being incompetent or stupid, but the anti-vax campaign by RFK Jr. at HHS is 100% targeted and coordinated at decreasing by any means available the public's ability to access vaccines. It's more akin to religion for those anti-science fuckers. (The ends justify any means)
- Schiendelman 3mo agoYes and! Absolutely. But. Each of us as individuals has only a little time each day to spend on things like this. You don't have a path to fixing national politics. You CAN help locally.