The Day ‘Expertise’ Died—And We Clapped

Remember when public health meant saving lives, not winning Twitter wars? Pity. Because RFK Jr. and his handpicked vaccine advisers are about to kneecap what little credibility our "public health consensus" had left—and people everywhere are picking sides not based on truth, but tribe.

The Sacred Science Cow—Freshly Slaughtered

Let’s stop pretending. The notion that “science speaks with one voice” has always been a comforting fiction. But America is addicted to the narcotic of consensus. If your beliefs wear a white coat, anything goes—gaslighting, censorship, public shaming. The COVID era proved that. We didn’t debate, we silenced. We didn’t reason, we banished. Trust the experts—unless they’re the wrong experts.

So now, RFK Jr. enters the ring wielding his own little ‘council’ of self-certified truth-tellers. If you’re horrified, ask yourself: Why is their hand-picking any worse than the CDC’s, FDA’s, or global pharmaceutical overlords? We’re all up to our necks in manipulated "panels of experts"—the only difference today is who you want to see doing the picking.

Burning Down the House of Scientific Hypocrisy

Here’s the chilling reality: If a Kennedy with a megaphone can disrupt the sacred priesthood of vaccine orthodoxy, it’s not because he’s a genius. It’s because the ruling temple did this to itself. Every time “respectable” science stonewalled concerns, peddled moving goalposts, or colluded with Big Pharma, it lit the fuse for this explosion of public doubt. America’s faith in science didn’t collapse overnight. It was killed softly—by arrogance, by incompetence, by backroom deals disguised as evidence.

So now, instead of one monolithic council, we get an endless war of panels. Your panel says vaccines save lives; mine says they cripple children. Yours wears a stethoscope; mine wears a tinfoil hat—unless, of course, mine becomes president. Truth, once universal, is now tribal.

Stand in the Ruins—And Own Your Part

This is the America you built: a land where every crisis comes down to team sports. You recoil at RFK’s advisers only because they’re not yours. You demanded purity tests when it was your panel; you clutch pearls at “dangerous misinformation” now that the other side gets a microphone. The hypocrisy is suffocating.

Let’s be clear: If you cheered when dissent was crushed, you fertilized this bullhorn. If you’re shocked to see fringe ideas mainstreamed, maybe you should’ve protected the shared language of reason instead of setting it on fire.

You can sneer, dismiss, or rage-tweet about RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel. But don’t pretend “science” got hijacked overnight. You handed out the keys.

This article was inspired by the headline: 'RFK Jr.’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time - The New York Times'.