This is the MAGA/Trump mentality:

Stop collecting #climate data and doing research and climate change disappears.
Eliminate disaster programs and disasters disappear.
Stop reporting disease statistics and diseases disappear.
Stop freedom to speak and dissent disappears.
Resistance isn't futile.

@petergleick
Here, resistance is tantamount to survival.
@petergleick heavy "bury my head in the sand" energy