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<\/a><\/p>\nPaul Krugman: How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy<\/a><\/h2>\nCorruption is a germ\u2019s best friend<\/em><\/p>\nChildhood vaccination is one of public policy\u2019s greatest success stories. People who view the 1950s through rose-colored glasses, seeing them as an era of American greatness, miss many ways in which life was much worse then than now, ranging from gross racism and sexism to high poverty rates<\/a> among the elderly. One often-overlooked feature of the \u201cgood old days\u201d was that many children contracted, and some died from, infectious diseases that have now been almost eliminated \u2014 or had<\/em> been almost eliminated, until today\u2019s right-wing anti-vaccine agitators set the stage for their comeback.<\/p>\nIn many ways the Trump administration\u2019s hostility to vaccines is similar to its hostility to clean energy, which I wrote about yesterday<\/a>. Both policy swerves will kill Americans. If Trumpists succeed in forcing the U.S. to burn more coal, thousands will die from air pollution. Only a year into the Trump 47 administration, there is already a resurgence in almost conquered diseases due to the anti-vax MAGA crusade. …<\/p>\nMoreover, the Trumpists aren\u2019t content with just cutting off federal funding \u2014 they\u2019re determined to stop anyone else from doing the right thing. …
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Last but by no means least, in both cases it\u2019s crucial to follow the money.
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\n(Paul Krugman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNoah Berlatsky: Trump somehow got worse on public health after COVID<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Offit: Weaponizing the FDA Against Vaccines<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Childhood vaccination is one of public policy\u2019s greatest success stories. People who view the 1950s through rose-colored glasses, seeing them as an era of American greatness, miss many ways in which life was much worse then than now, ranging from gross racism and sexism to high poverty rates<\/a> among the elderly. One often-overlooked feature of the \u201cgood old days\u201d was that many children contracted, and some died from, infectious diseases that have now been almost eliminated \u2014 or had<\/em> been almost eliminated, until today\u2019s right-wing anti-vaccine agitators set the stage for their comeback.<\/p>\n In many ways the Trump administration\u2019s hostility to vaccines is similar to its hostility to clean energy, which I wrote about yesterday<\/a>. Both policy swerves will kill Americans. If Trumpists succeed in forcing the U.S. to burn more coal, thousands will die from air pollution. Only a year into the Trump 47 administration, there is already a resurgence in almost conquered diseases due to the anti-vax MAGA crusade. …<\/p>\n Moreover, the Trumpists aren\u2019t content with just cutting off federal funding \u2014 they\u2019re determined to stop anyone else from doing the right thing. … Last but by no means least, in both cases it\u2019s crucial to follow the money.
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\n(Paul Krugman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNoah Berlatsky: Trump somehow got worse on public health after COVID<\/a><\/h2>\n
Paul Offit: Weaponizing the FDA Against Vaccines<\/a><\/h2>\n
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