MAHA Mia! feat. Derek Beres (E326)

What this episode covers

RFK Jr. is now running the Department of Health and Human Services. So we sat down with journalist and Conspirituality co-host Derek Beres to get an idea about how long it will take for Kennedy’s "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) agenda to revive the black plague. We chat about why Beres argues that Kennedy's wellness-sounding platform masks an exclusionary health vision which amounts to “soft eugenics,” RFK Jr’s endorsement of the MMR vaccine and how this angered his followers, harmful narratives about autism which will probably be endorsed by the federal government, and how the MAHA Commission's AI-generated report doesn’t seriously address health problems facing children. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: patreon.com/qaa //// Derek Beres on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/derekberes.bsky.social Conspirituality Podcast https://www.conspirituality.net/ Re:frame substack https://derekberes.substack.com/ /// Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com /// SOURCES Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/maga-soft-eugenics Florida becomes second state to ban adding fluoride to drinking water https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/florida-fluoride-drinking-water Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354900/hhs-rfk-endorses-mmr-measles-vaccine-stoking-supporters-fury RFK Jr. Misleads on Autism Prevalence, Causes https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-misleads-on-autism-prevalence-causes/ Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26092033/ Effectiveness of fluoride in preventing caries in adults https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17452559/ National COVID-19 trends, May 27 https://thesicktimes.org/2025/05/27/national-covid-19-trends-may-27/ The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors

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