MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question | The Ezra Klein Show
From The Ezra Klein Show
“Make America Healthy Again” is a great idea — somebody should try it. A lot of the concerns animating the MAHA movement — chronic disease, the unhealthiness of the American diet, how profits warp our health care system — are serious issues. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t taken major actions to address them. Instead he’s gutted funding for scientific research, including nearly $500 million dedicated to mRNA vaccine development, throwing a huge amount of possibly lifesaving research in limbo...
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- CO (COVID-19 pandemic) (concept)
- Dr. Marty McCary (person)
- mRNA vaccine (product)
- Trump budget proposal (concept)
- National Cancer Institute (company)
- Make America Healthy Again (concept)
- Department of Government Efficiency (company)
- Operation Warp Speed (product)
- David Wallace-Wells (person)
- Michael Lewis (person)
- Riker's Island (location)
- Canada (location)
- Massachusetts (location)
- Delta variant (concept)
- Omicron variant (concept)
- Jay Bhattacharya (person)
- Vinay Prasad (person)
- Bodily autonomy (concept)
- Trans care for minors (concept)
- Aid in dying (concept)