MaddowBlog-Six former surgeons general warn that RFK Jr. is 'endangering the health of the nation'

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This is the first time six former surgeons general have linked arms and urged the public to recognize the nation’s health secretary as dangerous.

Six former surgeons general warn that RFK Jr. is ‘endangering the health of the nation’

This is the first time six former surgeons general have linked arms and urged the public to recognize the nation’s health secretary as dangerous.
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— DBeach (@beachnic.bsky.social) 2025-10-07T18:45:17.743Z

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It’s reached the point at which six former surgeons general — after having served in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, respectively — decided to link arms and write a new opinion piece for The Washington Post, warning Americans about the degree to which they see Kennedy as a public menace.

Today, in keeping with those oaths, we are compelled to speak with one voice to say that the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation. Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.

As best as I can tell, this is unprecedented. Former surgeons general have spoken out on a variety of issues after having left office, but this is the first time that six former surgeons general — Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher — have issued a joint public declaration, urging the public to recognize the nation’s health secretary as dangerous.

“Rather than combating the rapid spread of health misinformation with facts and clarity, Kennedy is amplifying it,” the sextet added. “The consequences aren’t abstract. They are measured in lives lost, disease outbreaks and an erosion of public trust that will take years to rebuild.”.....

The retired surgeons general concluded: “Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans.”

The op-ed did not explicitly use the word “resign,” but given the circumstances, they didn’t have to.

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1. FURLOUGH RFK, Jr. now!

RFK's reply to the doctor that asked him about seeing a child w/meningitis was shameful. He had no idea how meningitis relates to complications from other disease such as the measles.

He is absolutely not qualified to serve in the job he now has!

FURLOUGH RFK JR. NOW!