Public concerns about the regulation of vaccines bring to light some critical issues in the way health policies are structured and executed.
The pushback against RFK Jr. appointment highlights the tension between public health oversight and private industry influence.
RFK, Jr is being portrayed as a weirdo for his advocacy for regulatory oversight in healthcare—especially regarding vaccines.
There is a tension between public accountability and corporate interests, especially in situations where the population is mandated to receive medical treatments, creating a built-in consumer base for the pharmaceutical industry.
Government mandated vaccines establishes our families as a captive consumer base. And the industry have churned these mandates into business models that incentivizes greed and profit over public health and safety protocols.
Advocating for transparency before approving drugs for mass public consumption is pragmatic.
And the push for more transparency and rigor in testing, as RFK Jr. advocates, isn't necessarily out of the mainstream in principle.
In fact, scientific rigor is a fundamental tenet of public health. Control groups and rigorous scientific study are foundational to ethical medical research. These studies help establish a treatment's efficacy and safety before widespread distribution.
Blindly trusting our family’s health and safety to the honor system of the pharmaceutical industry, is at the very least, irresponsible and negligent on our part.