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by allears 13 days ago
Ah, America, once the most advanced scientific nation in the world. It's a profoundly sad reflection on the US that these people were chosen to be our leaders. They're not just ignorant, they're willfully stupid, and proud of it.
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Since when were americans the shining light of healthy populations?

This administration is making quite questionable changes, but it’s not like the last decades did anything to address obesity and vet treatment…

Nobody is forcing these soldiers to take trt, it’s just screening ffs

It's the worst kind of participation trophy to pretend that this disqualifyingly and embarrassingly stupid behavior is in the same ballpark as where we came from.
Up until around 1965, at least in terms of BMI. Not in any other respect though.