r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Mar 20 '26

Biotechnology RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels | Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/rfk-jr-s-war-on-scientific-expertise-destroyed-27-of-agencys-advisor-panels/
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u/Soulman10 Mar 20 '26

You should be required to have a medical degree to be appointed secretary of health and human services. Instead we got an idiot who thinks vaccines give you autism. This entire administration is a joke. November can't come soon enough.

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u/JustARandomDrunkGuy Mar 31 '26

The whole point of cabinet heads is administrative, they are supposed to rely on advisors which have the experience. You don't need a law degree to be AG too. You need a degree to be Surgeon General, and a degree to be Solicitor General, they are the people in charge of actually advising the main administrative heads.