Science is Concerned

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There are numerous articles, from Nature to The Economist, about scientists being driven out of the United States with Trump's anti-science rhetoric and actions.

This is a form of anti-intellectualism which we've seen in pretty recent history, used in totalitarian governments to repress political dissent.

Research funding has been slashed, but there is one thing moving forward - a federal study of immunizations and autism.  It's already terrifying that RFK Jr. is the Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he's tapped David Geier, an antivaxxer and once disciplined for practicing medicine without a license, to lead the study.

So yeah.

This in the midst of measles outbreaks across the country.


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