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Today a local conservative and ICE agent who cried bloody murder when asked to wear a mask during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic clarified he’s actually totally fine with wearing masks as long as it’s to ruin lives, not save them.

Fred Hutch biostatistician Peter Gilbert, PhD, received the 2025 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science from @harvard.edu. The award recognizes Gilbert’s contributions to #publichealth and #vaccineresearch.

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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

Here are 3 other things the head of the FDA did this week.

We are being failed by the Medical Establishment

The only way forward, that I can see, requires both courage and collective action. If we’re not going to fight for our students and our scholarship, then what the hell are we doing anyway?

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.


I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Right, if the government isn’t willing to adequately fund research, and researchers must avoid undue industry influence — then how the f*ck does research get done?

Everyone needs to call their Senators and Representatives. Universities are the economic engine for many towns across country. This will destroy many of them who depend on these funds for their operating budgets.

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.

We all need to speak out to save lives.

"Nobel laureates call on National Academies and biotech CEOs to speak out against Trump attacks on science"

The societies, academies, and other leaders have been MIA for years, leaving it to individual scientists to pick up the slack.

Maybe time to step up?

www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t...

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:

"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

Such a shock to see that the folks who screamed the loudest about being “censored” during the Covid pandemic are now cheering on & applauding Trump’s censorship. It’s almost as if they were never really free speech advocates at all (“free speech for me but not for thee”)—Who could have predicted it?

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