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Episode #1060: The Worst Timeline
First Broadcast: 8/3/26
Was it the heat, the humidity, or just the collective trauma of the last 10 years (more or less) that made me sound so dazed and confused this week? It could have been all of the above, but at least it wasn't the cyclospora parasite, an epidemic of which has been causing "explosive diarrhea" in almost every state in the union. In response to this outbreak, 40% of Americans are now avoiding fresh fruits and vegetables, which does not sound like a healthy course of action. Indeed, a lot of things lately seem to be making Americans less healthy, like the Center for Disease Control saying "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism," a statement that is not only mostly false but not even how science works, since it overlooks how all reputable studies about vaccines and autism to date have not proven that vaccines cause autism in the first place. Or how about the United States this year having the highest amount of measles cases since 1991, even though measles had been eradicated in this country as recently as 2000? Or the sharp increase in raw milk consumption, even though "most scientists and health experts agree has no significant, proven nutritional benefits over its pasteurized counterpart and subjects its consumers to over 100 times the risk of foodborne illness"? What do all these dangers to public health have in common? They all tie back to policies promoted by Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, the man who approved cutbacks to cyclospora monitoring, discourages vaccination, supports quack cures for measles, and promotes drinking raw milk, altogether creating a perfect storm that seems purposefully designed to be the opposite of his purported "Make America Healthy Again" policy. Is this inevitably what happens when people forget how good they've had it since vaccinations were required for children? What kind of a country do we have when Taco Bell acts more responsibly than the federal government? Does no one in government have any concept of "the public good" anymore? How much therapy are we all gonna need when this administration is finally gone? Save that last question for later... but hopefully not too much later...
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last updated August 3, 2026
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