But, sadly, there’s no vaccine to defend against it.
The president-elect nominated Kennedy on Thursday and promised that the agency “will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives.”
Legal expert Elie Mystal found out about the nomination while waiting to get a flu shot and predicted “the country is about to go full on Idiocracy.”
Mystal said that when he told his nurse about the nomination, she deadpanned, “Well, I guess I’m about to give you the last two vaccines of your life.”
Other users also took to X (formerly Twitter) to ― what else? ― make snarky comments about the Cabinet nomination.