Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe.
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations.
For example:
1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
So... I got more information about this plan.
The most important points follow on the next posts.
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"Currently proposed policies are likely to lead to ~1000 (~10%) fewer new and competing grants being funded in fiscal year 2026 than would have been funded in years with historically normal levels of multiyear funding."
goodscience.substack.com/p/understand...