Setting Hanlon's razor aside, at some point, you have to consider the other possibility; That it is malice, and that the destruction is intentional and serves the goals of other other parties.
"During Trump’s second term, DOGE cuts led to the firing or retirement of an estimated 75% of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff".
The damage done is deep and cuts to the bone.
> Pharma does not fund research [that does not pay back]
Fortunately we have public research. Public and private research are totally different beasts in nature. Most of the science done in the planet is public (and underfunded or free), and can explore where pharma does not dare to enter.
Ironically, most MAGA are on the group with higher risk to die for lack of the public healthcare research that they still refuse to fund. They put their lives and hopes on the private research, unaware that most of them will not be able to afford it.
> Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust.
People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period.
And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad.
The rest of us will keep with our lives.
Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short.
This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
>Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices
And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
Does not take a scientist to know Trump's admin handed the US Lead in all Medical Research to China over the last 2 years.
So since the US lost the lead in Medical Research, time to end Obamacare by destroying funding and firing federal workers that are involved with the nation's health.
How on earth are citizens of the USA putting up with this. Don’t they realize how utterly moronic this administration is? The list with embarrassing failures is so long now, it boggles my mind. The fact that the streets are empty makes everyone complicit, not just those that drank the Koolaid.
Horseshit. ~30% of US citizens are happy with this state of affairs. ~30% are completely disengaged, believe ridiculous things like "both sides are the same" or feel like politics doesn't effect them. ~30% voted for Harris, Biden, and Clinton before that.
What more do you expect them to do? Hire a hit man, storm the Capitol, send someone with a rubber mask to impersonate RFK Jr? (OK, the way he looks, that last one...)
(2) You might be correct that Ars quoting Senators might be a “source”? I think it’s just more muddying, and, in the spirit of my complaint, certainly doesn’t count as original journalism.
I stand by my point that this Ars article is at best overly lightly under researched, and at worst a bit bollocks.
Setting Hanlon's razor aside, at some point, you have to consider the other possibility; That it is malice, and that the destruction is intentional and serves the goals of other other parties.
Sometimes, a tiny drop of malice could explain oceans of assumed incompetence
(Occam's razor beats Hanlon's razor)
"During Trump’s second term, DOGE cuts led to the firing or retirement of an estimated 75% of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff".
The damage done is deep and cuts to the bone.
> Pharma does not fund research [that does not pay back]
Fortunately we have public research. Public and private research are totally different beasts in nature. Most of the science done in the planet is public (and underfunded or free), and can explore where pharma does not dare to enter.
Ironically, most MAGA are on the group with higher risk to die for lack of the public healthcare research that they still refuse to fund. They put their lives and hopes on the private research, unaware that most of them will not be able to afford it.
Which of the 2 totally different beasts are the "Public-Private Partnerships" like Fauci NIH funded, to give one example?
It's definitely true that public research is underfunded. It would also need better leadership for more funding to matter.
Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
> Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust.
People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period.
And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad.
The rest of us will keep with our lives.
Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short.
This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
For measles the damage is not going to be limited to vaccine deniers. Herd immunity is important for everyone.
>Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices
And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
Does not take a scientist to know Trump's admin handed the US Lead in all Medical Research to China over the last 2 years.
So since the US lost the lead in Medical Research, time to end Obamacare by destroying funding and firing federal workers that are involved with the nation's health.
How on earth are citizens of the USA putting up with this. Don’t they realize how utterly moronic this administration is? The list with embarrassing failures is so long now, it boggles my mind. The fact that the streets are empty makes everyone complicit, not just those that drank the Koolaid.
We know and hate everything about it but are individually powerless to affect change. The game is rigged.
It is a significant emotional drain to keep watch of the state of things, but I can't look away.
Horseshit. ~30% of US citizens are happy with this state of affairs. ~30% are completely disengaged, believe ridiculous things like "both sides are the same" or feel like politics doesn't effect them. ~30% voted for Harris, Biden, and Clinton before that.
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Maybe pharmacology works better than chopping of dead racoon penises, or swimming in sewage?
we'll never know
oh, we do.
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i mean if they blasted him then all is ok
What more do you expect them to do? Hire a hit man, storm the Capitol, send someone with a rubber mask to impersonate RFK Jr? (OK, the way he looks, that last one...)
their jobs mostly
A single source article where the “source” is just a URL!
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-26-03490
Would’ve been nice to see a few quotes. Come on, Ars!
Your comment is factually wrong.
There are at least 3 sources to this article.
1 is the proximate opinion piece that you’ve linked to.
There’s also a link to a letter signed by 30 lawmakers and excerpts from that latter.
Then there’s a link to previous Ars coverage which discusses a different study altogether.
(1) Ars quoting Ars isn’t a source.
(2) You might be correct that Ars quoting Senators might be a “source”? I think it’s just more muddying, and, in the spirit of my complaint, certainly doesn’t count as original journalism.
I stand by my point that this Ars article is at best overly lightly under researched, and at worst a bit bollocks.
Healthcare research.. a way for Big Pharma to extract more cash from hapless citizens..