divdevMar 20
Ars Technica
RFK Jr.’s war on scientific expertise destroyed 27% of agency's advisor panels
Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/rfk-jr-s-war-on-scientific-expertise-destroyed-27-of-agencys-advisor-panels/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Mar 19 at 10:36pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadJWarnerMar 19

@arstechnica As with other divisions, department heads who lay off the clerks and the people who get things done because they do not understand everything that happens...

This also happens in a lot of companies. See 2024-2025 Tech sector.

Show threadDonCCMar 19
@arstechnica
many with limited intelligence resent those that are more clever
Show threadbayoMar 20
@arstechnica America's public health infrastructure was already under stress before RFK Jr. arrived: underfunded, politically pressured, trust-depleted after COVID. What's happening now isn't stress. It's targeted demolition of the specific mechanisms designed to make political interference in scientific judgment institutionally difficult.
Show threadmillennial fulcrumMar 20
@arstechnica wow is that all! inept as well as evil