Mastodawn

The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, and is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring.

The NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments. Absolutely devastating.

The Trump administration’s NIH freezes do not only affect federal science agencies. NIH grants fund research at universities and many other institutions. Halting NIH grant reviews sabotages important scientific research everywhere.

NIH-funded research does not only benefit people in the US. Researchers with NIH grants often collaborate closely with scientists around the world. And the vaccines, drugs, and treatments developed from NIH-funded research help save the lives of people everywhere.

While the NIH pause is likely temporary, it’s important to note that the type and scale of the freezes are deliberately more extreme than ever seen before, and will hinder scientists in an unprecedented way.

The Trump administration has also signaled its intention to significantly change the NIH’s research priorities, in particular defunding infectious disease research, which is extremely concerning because it’s one of the most important areas of research that we need right now.

It’s so critical to not downplay Trump’s NIH freezes. They signal an intention to drastically impede important scientific research during the course of his second term. Things can get worse from here if we don’t speak up now.

Some actions to oppose Trump’s NIH freezes:

➡️ Contact your electeds and urge them speak up

➡️ Demand your electeds oppose the nominations of RFK as HHS head & Bhattacharya as NIH head

➡️ Sign a group letter opposing the nominations

➡️ Stage a protest outside your lab/work

Article on Trump’s NIH freezes: https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

I am Jack's Lost 404 Jan 23

Carolannie Jan 23

@luckytran they're trying to use this to force the approval of RFK Jr. The worry about all the projects stalled will override the crescendo of shit takes on RFK, and he'll get pushed through. Undermining the command heads of the armed forces = we'll stop if Hegsteh is approved. Of course, RFK and Hegseth will wreak more damage than this. Maybe he isn't so wedded to Hegseth, but the fact they did this before RFK's nomination came up seems ominous.

I am Jack's Lost 404 Jan 23

Debbie Belair Jan 25

@luckytran So. I just heard someone on here say that it’s all because of dark money from the Right. They want to preserve the oil and gas industry.😱

Debbie Belair Jan 23

@luckytran 😡 😡

Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline Jan 27

Right up there with increase oil extraction.

Trump is dead-aimed (pun 100% intended) in exacerbating the existential threats that we face.

WallOffTrump Jan 27

@Edelruth @luckytran
I believe, among billionaires, there is an idea that just having all the loot and having AI to take over any service other humans once provided, the 23 of them could survive the earth’s complete collapse - hiding in their bunkers. And - imagine - no one to tax them!

Tofu Golem Jan 27

@Edelruth @luckytran
Dear world,
The ONLY way to get America to pollute less is to damage our economy as much as possible. If we have less economic activity, we will not be able to cause as much harm to the environment.

Our nation cannot be reasoned with. Economic damage is the only way.

Factress Jan 23

@luckytran he is the first fascist that wants his own country destroyed and it's people dead

Noel Kelly Jan 23

@factress @luckytran

True, for all their anti-vax rhetoric, the Nazis didn't disrupt vaccine distribution, except to Jews.

Carlos Solís Jan 23

It's a little-known strategy that might be called "stochastic genocide": making the living situation worse, in order to cull as many people with low means as possible in the purge

@luckytran
This also effects direct medical care because some grants provide for such care for newly emerging treatments and determining the long term effectiveness of specific treatments

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jan 23

This freeze is fatal.

Florida Ted Jan 23

@luckytran Maybe RFK Jr is calling the shots on these changes?

Marc Geffen Jan 23

@luckytran It also forces graduate students to find alternative sources of tuition funding. Many are scrambling right now.

Estarriol, lucozade dragon Jan 23

@luckytran trump does a thing that endangers lives.

colour me surprised.