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applegrove

(125,410 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:44 PM Mar 25

Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Patients More Ill

Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Patients More Ill

March 25, 2025 at 5:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 266 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/25/remedy-supported-by-rfk-jr-leaves-patients-more-ill/

"SNIP..........

“Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary,” the New York Times reports.

“One of those supplements is vitamin A, which Mr. Kennedy has promoted as a near miraculous cure for measles. Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage.”

............SNIP"

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RockRaven

(17,109 posts)
2. I called it the day it was first reported he talked about using Vit A.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:11 PM
Mar 25

I posted that this would happen. This was inevitable the moment he opened his dumb ignorant mouth.

Ping Tung

(1,971 posts)
4. RFKJr should seek advice from his chief, the famed medical expert Dr. Donald J. Trump who would suggest
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:16 PM
Mar 25

bleach enemas for people with eczema, broken ankles, Covid, and other unAmerican problems.

Ilsa

(62,667 posts)
5. ADEK. These are not water soluble vitamins, but
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:31 PM
Mar 25

build up in the body, causing serious damage.

Emrys

(8,500 posts)
8. This was utterly predictable, and in fact a bunch of us predicted it in this thread about three weeks ago:
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:51 PM
Mar 25
RFK Jr.'s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143409575

Our discussions were enlivened by a short-lived visitor who was extremely enthusiastic about the health benefits of organic carrots, but disputed whether measles is a disease, preferring to describe it as "an illness".

flamingdem

(40,256 posts)
10. He's a disgusting troll
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 12:54 AM
Mar 26

I don't even think he believes his own BS. He vaccinated his own kids.

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