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moonshinegnomie

(3,824 posts)
Mon May 12, 2025, 05:42 PM May 2025

Rfk jr took his grandkids swimming in polluted waters

Due to high bacteria counts swimming is banned there. But it didn’t stop him from taking his grandkids swimming

https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/12/rock-creek-isnt-safe-to-swim-in-rfk-jr-did-it-anyway/

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ananda

(34,308 posts)
1. Maybe he thinks germs are good for you.
Mon May 12, 2025, 05:45 PM
May 2025

Or else he doesn't believe in them at all.

He's so crazy it's hard to decide, so maybe
both at the same time.

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Midnight Writer

(25,120 posts)
5. A good friend went swimming in a local pond, had a cut on his leg, got infected, anti-biotics would not work.
Mon May 12, 2025, 05:48 PM
May 2025

First he lost the leg. He spent years fighting the infections that popped up in his gut. He finally died after years of suffering at the age of 52.

But then, my friend didn't know about ivermectin, colloidal silver, or drinking disinfectants.

If only Doctor RFK Jr. had been on the case.

hlthe2b

(112,626 posts)
7. So ignoring any chemical toxins, and lumping all the coliform bacteria, we also have Leptospirosis, Norovirus,
Mon May 12, 2025, 05:58 PM
May 2025

Hepatitis A, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Adenoviruses, Astroviruses, Enteroviruses (including in the future, polio--you vaccine-denying SOB), Harmful Algal Blooms--cyanobacteria, and on and on, you cretin!!

Maru Kitteh

(31,187 posts)
8. He literally does not believe that bacteria cause illness. Seriously.
Mon May 12, 2025, 05:58 PM
May 2025

Do a search "rfk jr germ theory”

tanyev

(48,578 posts)
9. OMG, I didn't realize this was a recent story.
Mon May 12, 2025, 06:15 PM
May 2025

I saw a post about it earlier and assumed it happened during the glory days of road kill picnics and salvaging whale heads.

It’s horrifying that he thought nothing of endangering his children with that stuff and now apparently gives zero f**ks about endangering his grandchildren.

 

Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)
11. More brain-damaged than his ...
Mon May 12, 2025, 06:27 PM
May 2025

... lobotomized Aunt -- and that was before the parasite ate most of what constituted his brain. I can't help but wonder what a DNA test,
including Chromosome analysis, would reveal about his chromosomal disorders?

Chromosome analysis, also known as karyotyping, is a test that examines the number and structure of a person's chromosomes to detect any abnormalities. This test helps identify chromosomal disorders.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,351 posts)
13. RFK Jr. Swims in Sewage-Tainted Creek with Grandchildren Despite National Park Service's Bacteria Warning
Mon May 12, 2025, 06:49 PM
May 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plunged into a creek deemed a "hazard" to human health as part of his Mother's Day celebrations on Sunday, May 11.

The Department of Health and Human Services secretary, 71, posted photos to X of himself and his family at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. In one of the images, Kennedy is fully submerged with his head underwater. In another, he holds one of his grandchildren as the child's feet dip into the creek. The National Park Service banned swimming and wading in the creek due to "high bacteria levels" in the water.

"Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek," Kennedy captioned his post on Sunday.




The NPS warns that possible infectious pathogens in Rock Creek — a tributary of the Potomac River — could pose a risk to human and pet health. The agency urges visitors, "Please protect yourself and your pooches by staying on trails and out of the creek."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-swims-sewage-tainted-222654495.html

Does he think it'll help them build up natural resistance?
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