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> but actual productive output like science fundings etc are important in nation building. But it seems to me that DEI has so pervasively infiltrated the acade

> but actual productive output like science fundings etc are important in nation building. But it seems to me that DEI has so pervasively infiltrated the academy and scientific community, that excising them is extremely hard without drastic measures. There was an open letter in 2020 summer from a lot of "prominent scientists" that claimed that suddenly social distancing didn't matter because BLM. I think that any such people that are viewing the world trough this lenses shouldn't touch federal money on account of being idiotically political or egregiously stupid.

neuronexmachina 2y ago
> There was an open letter in 2020 summer from a lot of "prominent scientists" that claimed that suddenly social distancing didn't matter because BLM. If you're referring to this letter, that characterization is pretty much the opposite of what it says: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-lette...
- ReptileMan 2y ago
  >While everyone is concerned about the risk of Covid, there are risks with just being black in this country that almost outweigh that sometimes. Does it? >White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19. >However, as public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission. We support them as vital to the national public health and to the threatened health specifically of Black people in the United States. Do you think that anyone that has put his name under such idiotic sentence deserves state money in any form - except payments under ADA?
  - defrost 2y ago
    > Does it? Sure .. All the risks of being black in the USofA and the additional risk of being even more likely to contract COVID while black. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/22-0072_article#:~:text=The%20percentage%20with%20more%20exposure,reported%20differences%20were%20statistically%20significant. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/22-0072_article#:~:t...

neuronexmachina 2y ago

> There was an open letter in 2020 summer from a lot of "prominent scientists" that claimed that suddenly social distancing didn't matter because BLM. If you're referring to this letter, that characterization is pretty much the opposite of what it says: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-lette...

ReptileMan 2y ago
>While everyone is concerned about the risk of Covid, there are risks with just being black in this country that almost outweigh that sometimes. Does it? >White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19. >However, as public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission. We support them as vital to the national public health and to the threatened health specifically of Black people in the United States. Do you think that anyone that has put his name under such idiotic sentence deserves state money in any form - except payments under ADA?
- defrost 2y ago
  > Does it? Sure .. All the risks of being black in the USofA and the additional risk of being even more likely to contract COVID while black. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/22-0072_article#:~:text=The%20percentage%20with%20more%20exposure,reported%20differences%20were%20statistically%20significant. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/11/22-0072_article#:~:t...