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Photo of an article I wrote entitled RFK Jr. is dangerous to the health of Arizonans. TUCSON OPINION RFK Jr. is dangerous to the health of Arizona The following is the opinion to maintain the health of the consequences: We will be un- and analysis of the writer: American people. The NIH alone prepared for future pandemics, the fifth - highest for any state. isease research and public supports the majority of disease Increased outbreaks will happen research on known pathogens and be made worse with a sci• research at universities, hospi- will be halted, and vaccine and zonans' insurance against tals and institutes throughout ence denier at the helm of HHS. disease threats from nature, America. Altogether, this makes drug development will be under- Children will become seriously mined. Kennedy advances the but these are fragile enterprises up the largest and most vibrant ill and die from vaccine-pre- lies that vaccines cause autism, needing support and protection. ventable diseases. disease research enterprise in Unfortunately, increase cancer risk, and re- the world. Years of research have sult in higher death rates, None The changes in NIH promoted the Trump ad- made great advances in under- by Kennedy are not only a threat ministration has standing and treating cancer, in - of this is true, but Kennedy, a to the health and safety of all science denialist, will never ac- unleashed an fectious and chronic diseases, as Atizonans, but also a blow to the cept the real scientific evidence unprecedented attack on U.S. sci- well as advances in vaccine and state's economy, NIH funding showing the safety of vaccines. drug development. supports essential grant funding ence. One of the His goal is to cause fear over for cutting-edge research here vaccines and public health ini- in Arizona, where there are 7$5

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Link to this article from Feb 5, 2025. I hate posting it because of my giant head. tucson.com/opinion/colu...

aug 30, 2025, 4:20 pm • 140 20 • view

It’s not THAT big

aug 30, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view

@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Thanks! Is the publication date the same for the print version? Do you know the page number and column?

aug 30, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 1 • view

I believe it is the same date, yes. I don’t know what page it was on. A city council member from Tucson sent me a thank-you note with this clipping.

aug 30, 2025, 4:52 pm • 2 1 • view

Don't sweat the giant head, it's full of giant brains !!!

aug 30, 2025, 5:34 pm • 2 0 • view

... But your head looks fine?

aug 30, 2025, 5:51 pm • 0 0 • view

If you post an image with an article link, the image shows and the link remains useful in your post. :) "Next time."

aug 30, 2025, 5:32 pm • 0 0 • view

When did you write this?

aug 30, 2025, 4:09 pm • 0 0 • view

Wrote it in January, published February 5, 2025. tucson.com/opinion/colu...

aug 30, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view

Our Senator, Rick "Medicare fraud" Scott and Ashley "Zipper professional" Moody voted for this train wreck even after I called multiple times to voice my protest. Republicans are so far up Trump's colon, oxygen supply is cutting off critical thinking. They all must GO!!!!!

aug 30, 2025, 4:55 pm • 1 0 • view

Thanks! It was a great read!! In your opinion, if a Covid like virus were to be unleashed today in the US, are we prepared medically to combat it?

aug 30, 2025, 4:32 pm • 0 0 • view