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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ban drug ads on TV. It wouldn’t be easy - West Hawaii Today
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this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2024
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Legitimate good ideas wrapping around a few extremely terrible ones is exactly how people get pulled in to the scam.
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Nearly all countries do this. Even the regressive ones. It's one of the biggest reasons why pharma is a massive cash cow in the US, alongside the fact that we don't negotiate drug prices aside from a handful of drugs and only medicare/medicaid and only the past <4 years or so.
I would be curious if a commercial reminding people it's flu season, or that the new COVID boosters are out would fall under this. As I don't think banning reminders without a specific drug push is in the spirit of a ban like this, but then looking at who is proposing it gives me pause. And I know that the article mentions seniors seeing vax commercials to remind them, but it doesn't 100% say if those are included or not.
Only old or ignorant people still watch ads. So, of course this piece of shit sees them all day long.
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Get rid of corn syrup getting added to everything, ban drug ads on TV, I gotta say I don't disagree with everything this guys says he wants to do but I also feel like it's mostly just talk.
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Remember, this would probably include flu/COVID vaccines at CVS just as much as restless leg syndrome pills. Just because the words "ban drug ads" sound like a good thing doesn't mean the implementation is acceptable. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
For every good idea he has 5 very bad and/or dangerous ones.
That would be awesome. However, some TV channels are nothing but pharma ads, so they would fold overnight, no more funding.
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I want to do drugs and ban RFK Jr from TV.
Weird people on this platform. It's OK to agree with people you dislike sometimes.
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He just wants to get rid of the entire healthcare system.
It seems like the combination of project 2025 and RFK has the goal of making the masses sick and weak, so every minority can be targeted and replaced by evangelical over breeders.
So, a modern spin on white eugenics.