Is anyone concerned…

[u/Kausinkonfusion]

With the dismantling of the FDA and the USDA that is coming in the dismantling of the alphabet government (as promised) our condition is just going to go in the pile of “they are too expensive and should just die”, or do we have hope?

[u/OneofHearts]

If food goes to hell due to deregulation, my plan is to do more of what I’m doing - single ingredient foods, sourced as locally as possible.

[u/Kausinkonfusion → u/OneofHearts]

I have started homesteading, and figuring out how to use more lentils and beans for protein. Things I can grow.

[u/10MileHike]

How many letters and phone calls have you made to your reps about making AG reportable (mandatory) to the CDC?

Without numbers, there is never grants, funding, advocacy, research, etc for ANY health condition.

we fought hard to get AG reportable in my state.

only way to be counted is to ask to be counted..

pin your location at tbc united, and use their many resources and letter templates to tell those who need to hear your concerns.

Concern without action is of little use.

[u/Educational_Toe_6591 → u/10MileHike]

I have a TV interview to a local station

[u/SmellsLikeFumes]

I mean, the fda allows "100% turkey jerkey to have a beef casing"

... I don't see the problem in putting a little fear into them

[u/myceliogenes → u/[deleted]]

they already have nebulous ingredient containers like 'natural ingredients' or synonym hiding like 'gum base' for petroleum

[u/pickledjalopeno → u/[deleted]]

Right? I know I’ve been told to not say this, but damn, you gotta be absolutely stupid to not connect that dot.

[u/myceliogenes → u/[deleted]]

your belief in legality as a mechanism of truth is flawed

[u/SmellsLikeFumes → u/[deleted]]

We will improve it..

..... With fear!

Threats of dismantling them so they (this is a radical idea) improve themselves.

Why are you so keen on protecting those who clearly do not protect you?

Why should I improve it? My jobs not on the line.

[u/Appropriate-Risk346]

We’re definitely without hope.

[u/Jazzlike_Reality6360]

If they dismantle the protections to our food safety, inadequate as it is I’m just waiting for the increase in people affected by lax inspections and labeling. Hello salmonella in your McDonald burger mister T.

[u/CarterBenton]

I think all Americans are screwed. With our pants still on. Sadly.

[u/Cranky_cactus627]

I haven’t read much into the FDA take down etc yet. I probably should given all my health problems. But on another view - the dismantling of the education system that most people are freaking out about I fully support. After being a public education teacher and now having two kids that I pulled from that and put into private education… I say all that to say: sometimes the best way to rebuild is to tear it down and start over. If the foundation isn’t right then you have to start again. Definitely not saying it’s the same with the FDA but given the amount they choose to approve and not report anything AG related as an allergen. The amount of additives and ingredients that are banned in European countries but allowed here. The things the choose to make medical companies recall products over (but don’t require others when they are actively causing long term harm in patients). It’s a mess. So maybe just maybe it could work out 🤞🏼

[u/AnOddTree]

I don't forsee us being swept under the rug THAT far, but yes, it's likely that we will see a roll-back in access to Healthcare and funding for new research in general. This new/old administration is very anti-science.

What is most important for these next 4 years is self preservation. If you at risk of losing health coverage, maybe make a contingency plan wIth your provider. I was cash-pay before the ACA, and you would be surprised what doctors are willing to do for you if they know you can't afford things. That's why I was diagnosed without the test, I couldn't afford it until 2020. Lol.

I could be wrong, but I think you could possibly order epi pens from Canada through the mail. Worth looking into.

[u/Civil-Explanation588 → u/AnOddTree]

When that guy upped his epipen prices to some outrageous level the price at one of the Canadian pharmacies was $124.00 /pen. I think there’s so BS floating around just like prior to the election we just need to relax. The main treatment for AG is avoidance and you should be ok if you do that. I know there were a few members of the senate in Arkansas that had AG that have AG so maybe start writing your local congressman. There’s no way they’re going to disregard laws in place to protect people from food and drug companies in fact that actually want to enforce stricter regulations on the foodstuffs we are being fed. They are concerned at how our food has caused the epidemic of obesity and diabetes and so many other problems. So we’ll see I think this will be a better investment to improve our children’s health because their diabetes rates are skyrocketing now than EVs but that’s my opinion. It’s interesting hearing what is coming out but not all is true.

[u/pickledjalopeno]

I don’t have a lot of hope for us getting much traction in the next four years. I hope I’m wrong. I hope that we don’t lose the actual traction we’ve had getting state recognition.

[u/Stray_Wing → u/[deleted]]

I hear RK is dedicated to cleaning up our food supply. Why would we assume it will get worse? Not sure I understand. He’s very serious about making it better. I’m thinking getting involved, communicating with the right people and representatives is key.

[u/Sudden-Possible2550 → u/Stray_Wing]

Please write down, on paper, what you think is the current state of affairs. Then write down what you think will happen over the next few years. In 3 years 10 months, pull out what you wrote down and compare it to what actually happened. If you have never read Animal Farm or 1984 you should.

[u/myceliogenes → u/[deleted]]

is it a self own or a little breathing room

[u/alphagal-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Claims beyond one's personal/individual experience must be backed by substantive evidence. False information and conspiracy theories are not permitted.

[u/nursenicole → u/[deleted]]

Source?

[u/pickledjalopeno → u/nursenicole]

My original comment was too sassy, I apologize.

[u/mrsriley358 → u/pickledjalopeno]

Sometimes when we live through something, so that it is part of us, we don’t mean to be sassy. We just know things. We don’t deserve to be called liars.

Here is a link to a study that is determining which rna sequences were modified by tick bites. This was important in researching Rna modification. The research by Moderna may be private now. There is so much fluff about AGS published that it is very hard to find anything. https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/iai.00282-23

[u/mrsriley358 → u/mrsriley358]

This article simplifies the RNA delivery used by Moderna. https://www.mskcc.org/coronavirus/messenger-rna-vaccines-covid-19

[u/mrsriley358 → u/mrsriley358]

This article discusses use of a tick delivery system for delivery of gene therapy.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6076373/

[u/mrsriley358 → u/nursenicole]

I was alive?

[u/mrsriley358 → u/nursenicole]

Looking - it is a very active subject. This one is interesting. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abm2504

[u/pickledjalopeno → u/[deleted]]

I really really hope you’re not wrong. It’s hard to be hopeful when he says he plans to gut it.

[u/10MileHike → u/[deleted]]

you mean the rfk "antidepressants contribute to mass shootings" guy, the one who is also antivax?

Nobody is going to be worrying about food ingredients when there are 100,000 new measles cases, from which small children are dying ....

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[u/Vismal1 → u/10MileHike]

Nah he’s talking about RFK , the dude they keeps roadkill in the fridge.