Don't know how anyone (except Big Pharma & Food lobby)....

Posted on: August 26, 2024 at 10:31:29 CT

....could disagree with Bobby Kennedy about the health problems facing America today. It isn't a Democrat or Republican issue - it's an American issue - and until I listened to him explain the issue from his perspective, I don't think I knew how serious it was.

His comments on the health of America starts at about the 29:30 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNAdilyqow

A couple of attention getters (there are many):

* USA spends more on healthcare than any country on earth

* We spend twice what European countries spend

* Yet, we have the worst health care outcomes of 76 countries in the world

* According to the CDC, USA has the sickest people on earth

* 2/3 of American adults and children suffer from chronic health issues

* 50 years ago, that statistic was 1%

* 74% of Americans are overweight or obese

* 50% of our children are overweight or obese

* In Japn, 3% of their children are overweight or obese

* 60 years ago, juvenile diabetes was effectively non-existent

* Today, 1 out of every 3 kids that walk into a pediatrician's office is either diabetic or pre-diabetic.

* In 2000, the autism rate in the USA was 1 in 1,500

* Today, it's 1 in 36 for kids; in California, it's 1 in 22 kids

* 18% of American teens have fatty liver disease - almost 1 in 5

* 50 years ago - fatty liver disease basically only affected older Americans with alcohol issues

* Cancer rates are skyrocketing in young and old in America

* Cancer is up 79% in adults in past 24 years

* 1 in 4 American women are on anti-depressant medication

* 40% of American teens have a mental health diagnosis

* Economic costs of chronic diseases are staggering - govt spending for chronic disease is double the miltary budget

* And speaking of the military, 77% of our kids are too disabled to serve in the military

Trump made a commitment to Bobby to put him in charge of turning our chronic health problems around - and he's got specific ideas on how to do that - and to do it quickly.
It's in the above link.

After listening to him detail his work on our health crisis for the past 20 years, I can see, at age 70, why he made the extremely difficult decision to endorse Trump - as in return, he will finally be in a position to save our kids and really, save our country.

Again, Democrat, Republican, Independent - if the facts that he shares are true (and he basically quotes the CDC and makes the point that there has been no change in diagnosis; no change in screening) - this is a war on the health of our kids and a war on American health.

Something absolutely has to change.

Edited by El Zorro at 10:32:24 on 08/26/24