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The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake. (www.propublica.org)

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"More recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH, has said he wants to fire and replace 600 of the agency’s 20,000 employees and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines, which are at the core of NIAID’s mission to understand, treat and prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases. He has said that half of NIH’s budget should focus on “preventive, alternative and holistic approaches to health.” He has a particular interest in improving diets.

Even the most staunch defenders of NIH agree the agency could benefit from reforms."

600 / 20,000 is a 3% staff change. Not as dramatic as the article headline make it sound. Still enough if the person at the top is enough of anl quack, of course.

I say he can fuck right off with alternative and holistic. Truth matters in matters of health and wellness.

But it's hard to argue against giving the NIH a swift kick in the ass toward preventative. It's a missed target though. The remaining living insurance company CEOs are the ones who need the kick.

But here's an idea: maybe the new NIH can run a massive public health campaign in favor of wearing a mask to prevent diseases spreading!

Lol. Dammit. If I had a nickel for every fime the brain worm survivor wasn't entirely in left field....Nah. I'm not gonna count this one. He's way out there. Still only ten cents.