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"During Trump’s second term, DOGE cuts led to the firing or retirement of an estimated 75% of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff". The damage

by pvaldes 2mo ago

"During Trump’s second term, DOGE cuts led to the firing or retirement of an estimated 75% of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff". The damage done is deep and cuts to the bone. > Pharma does not fund research [that does not pay back] Fortunately we have public research. Public and private research are totally different beasts in nature. Most of the science done in the planet is public (and underfunded or free), and can explore where pharma does not dare to enter. Ironically, most MAGA are on the group with higher risk to die for lack of the public healthcare research that they still refuse to fund. They put their lives and hopes on the private research, unaware that most of them will not be able to afford it.

mieses 2mo ago
Which of the 2 totally different beasts are the "Public-Private Partnerships" like Fauci NIH funded, to give one example? It's definitely true that public research is underfunded. It would also need better leadership for more funding to matter. Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
- pvaldes 2mo ago
  > Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label? Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust. People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period. And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad. The rest of us will keep with our lives. Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short. This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
  - jmclnx 2mo ago
    >Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
  - HWR_14 2mo ago
    For measles the damage is not going to be limited to vaccine deniers. Herd immunity is important for everyone.
  - mieses 2mo ago
    oh boy. aside from splitting hairs in a way that only an AI or a CS nerd could comprehend, are you defending masks now? masks? this theory has been disproven. there is one crazy person on each flight these days days who wears a mask. are you that person? as for the researchers trying to stay in the good graces of the political machine, we don't need them. we survived for millennia without them. they can adapt. this reminds me of the french physics establishment that for decades rejected quantum mechanics because it did not come from france. they'll be ok. don't worry about the stupidities of researchers.

by pvaldes 2mo ago

mieses 2mo ago

Which of the 2 totally different beasts are the "Public-Private Partnerships" like Fauci NIH funded, to give one example? It's definitely true that public research is underfunded. It would also need better leadership for more funding to matter. Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?

pvaldes 2mo ago
> Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label? Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust. People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period. And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad. The rest of us will keep with our lives. Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short. This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
- jmclnx 2mo ago
  >Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
- HWR_14 2mo ago
  For measles the damage is not going to be limited to vaccine deniers. Herd immunity is important for everyone.
- mieses 2mo ago
  oh boy. aside from splitting hairs in a way that only an AI or a CS nerd could comprehend, are you defending masks now? masks? this theory has been disproven. there is one crazy person on each flight these days days who wears a mask. are you that person? as for the researchers trying to stay in the good graces of the political machine, we don't need them. we survived for millennia without them. they can adapt. this reminds me of the french physics establishment that for decades rejected quantum mechanics because it did not come from france. they'll be ok. don't worry about the stupidities of researchers.