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Macedo & Lee offer something, but it is far from candid and not comprehensive. Comprehensive would imply that they grapple with what made COVID so dangerous.
Instead they turn to revisionism which will not help to confront pandemics to come.
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joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
Let’s Destroy American Science
nasawatch.com/policy/lets-...
GAO: The 150-Year-Old Law Governing Animal Transport—Is It Time for an Update?
www.gao.gov/blog/150-yea...
Good discussion of the losses to science agencies, including a call out to Bethesda Declaration: one year later.
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
ASV is alarmed by the US HHS to suspend and debar Dr. Ralph Baric from federal funding. Read our open letter below:
ACLS has released a statement opposing the Office of Management and Budget’s proposal for new criteria and process for federal funding for scientific research.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4v2lbE0
Americans’ trust in the CDC has plummeted since 2025, new poll finds
A mere 12 percent of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations “a great deal”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...
--> AHA and ACS enjoy broad support of 80 % or more
I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again.
Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed.
🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...
Cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs—hundreds of millions of livestock are transported by truck around the country each year. As these animals are travelling, they may experience overcrowding, extreme t...
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New research from the Partnership for Public Service finds that many science agencies were cut deeply in the Trump administration’s workforce overhauls.
A mere 12 percent of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations “a great deal”
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Restoring trust in economic statistics: Why it matters and how we fix it
www.brookings.edu/articles/res...
"...what advice would you give to the heads of statistical agencies on responding to charges of data manipulation that have no basis in fact ...?"
The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
With In Covid’s Wake, @stephenmacedo.bsky.social and Frances Lee offer the first comprehensive—and candid—political assessment of how our institutions fared during the pandemic.
This eye-opening book is now available in #paperback.
Read a free preview here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
