What an absolutely pitiful acronym, MAHA, apparently the brain (I use the term loosely) child of HHS leader RFK,Jr….an idiot at best.
The new report was issued last month and it was not met with glowing approval….
During his election night party, President Trump promised to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. do whatever he wants to “make America healthy again.” With Kennedy as America’s top health official, that process is now well underway. The Make America Healthy Again Commission that Trump established after taking office released its first report on Thursday and Kennedy, the commission’s chair, described it as a “diagnosis” of what the report calls America’s “chronic childhood disease crisis,” USA Today reports. He said the commission will now work on policy recommendations for the White House. “The prescription comes in 100 days,” he said. At a White House event, Kennedy said the report was a “call to action for common sense,” adding that America has “relied too much on conflicted research, ignored common sense, or what some would call ‘mother’s intuition.'”
- A “unifying theory.” Axios describes the report as seeking to set out a “unifying theory around what’s causing conditions like obesity, autoimmune conditions, and behavioral disorders in kids”—though it also seeks to strike a balance with economic interests, especially when it comes to pesticides.
The 69-page report was split into four sections dealing with ultra-processed food, chemicals in the environment, children’s screen time, and the “over-medicalization of our kids.” Health experts praised the report’s focus on the importance of whole foods, the Washington Post reports. But the widely anticipated hard line against pesticides was watered down after pushback from farm groups and chemical companies, the Post reports. The report did, however, say an updated assessment on the herbicides glyphosate and atrazine will be released next year, USA Today reports.
The “overmedicalization” warned of possible long-term risks of psychiatric and weight-loss drugs. It also criticized the growth of the childhood vaccine schedule and said parents are worried about the “appropriate use of vaccines and their possible role in the growing childhood chronic disease crisis.”
- More criticism. The report “reflects some of Kennedy’s bugbears where science is unsettled, but argues research ‘demonstrates the need for continued studies,’ such as on fluoride in water and electromagnetic radiation,” Jessica Glenza writes at the Guardian. She notes that the report compares US life expectancy and healthcare costs to other wealthy nations, but “it does not mention how other nations typically finance healthcare for all citizens: often at minimal or no cost.”
This report like I stated was not met with open arms and after the document was analyzed more BS has been detected….
The Make America Healthy Again commission led by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an exhaustive report last month prescribing changes for Americans’ health. It was crammed with more than 500 footnotes citing studies to buttress its findings—but multiple outlets have found that many of those studies don’t actually exist. The best guess is that the MAHA report made use of artificial intelligence that hallucinated them into existence, or morphed them with actual studies. Some examples from coverage:
- The news outlet NOTUS first reported on the nonexistent studies, finding at least seven of them. It even tracked down some of the supposed authors. “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Columbia University epidemiologist Katherine Keyes tells the outlet when asked about a study cited from JAMA Pediatrics on adolescents and anxiety that she supposedly authored.
- The Washington Post counts 522 footnotes but finds that 37 were repeated multiple times. “Other citations include the wrong author, and several studies cited by the extensive health report do not exist at all,” per the story. The Post also notes that the report includes the word “oaicite” in some of the reference URLs, a telltale sign of the use of OpenAI.
- The White House acknowledges the mistakes but characterizes them as minor gaffes that will be cleaned up. “I understand there was some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday, per the AP. “But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government.”
- However, the NOTUS analysis also asserts that some of the legit studies cited were mischaracterized. For example, the report cites a study asserting that therapy is better than psychiatric medicine, but a study author says they made no such comparison. Kennedy has long criticized the use of medication for mental health.
- All in all, outside experts say the multiple mistakes call into question the report’s credibility. “It makes me concerned about the rigor of the report, if these really basic citation practices aren’t being followed,” Keyes tells the New York Times.
This report is full of BS just like most anything that is released by Donny and/or his minions that will do whatever it takes to brown nose the prez.
Nothing about this man nor his policies/reports is going to make America healthy again….if anything it will just increase the chances of death by disease.
Turn The Page!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
The scary part? A lot of people are going to use this as an excuse to not take meds (and then blame the doctor), or take the wrong otc stuff, (and then blame the doctor or whoever suggested it), or just let the kids go unvaccinated. The biggest danger in all of this is ignoring the fact that when kids get sick they don’t even know it, and if they are not allowed to be vaccinated or treated, we really REALLY have serious health issues riding over the hills toward us. RFK does not do his family proud. He’s an idiot.
Not much more I can add…well said chuq
aww. thank you. and btw, when Im in doubt about a new prescription or something I ‘should’ be taking, my new ‘go to’ is Google. They have no dog in the fight, and I trust them way more than many doctors when it comes to the value of prescriptions and drugs.
I have to admit with my health problems my doctors have been spot on with my meds….at least so far. chuq
That man is going to do untold damage. I can see so many diseases returning to the US, including Polio, Tuberculosis, Smallpox, etc. When a crazy man is preaching nonsense to a slavish cult, disaster is what happens next.
Best wishes, Pete.
He is crazy and he is causing damage that will take decades to repair. chuq
The really sad part is that people who support these developments usually become victims too.
Idiots must be idiots chuq
At least a conversation and effort is present now where none has previously existed and even surpressed. . My own gripe is sugar cereal for breakfast that is so unhealthy. I hope falsehods that may exist are eliminated and that actual facts and presentation of cause/ effect is refined to a point of maximum accuracy. One industry food “game” I really resent: If they reduce the salt content, they increase the sugar content to unhealthy levels and when they reduce the sugar content, they increase the salt content to unhealthy levels. I also appreciate the conversation that certain additives in processed food may be addiction oriented and that truly is a crime.
The conservation needs to be more than the sugar content…..like the fake report issued by our health watchdog….that will do damage we could never recover. chuq
agree
Don’t be taken in by the side panel of the cereal box (“contains no sugar”) means, simply, High Fructose Corn Syrup for a sweetener. Don’t get me started on that one. It’s the reason for the overweight kids we see these days. I’d rather give someone sugar than HFCS, any day.
simple solution: dump trump and make sure Rob. Jr. goes too.
If only…..chuq