DB 🌱💦5d ago

"It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real. America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up." - Aaron Kelly, PhD

Members of the American Diabetes Association, one of them a past president of the organization, were shoved, harassed and escorted by police out of a New Orleans convention centre, during the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA2026), on Friday, as they were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to US biomedical research.

The group were threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121619

#Research #Science #Diabetes #Censorship #Medicine

Show threadStephen Bannasch (316 ppm)5d ago

@dbattistella

Here’s the editorial: https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/116703201510492027

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm) (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Link to the editorial https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/6/901/164764/Misguided-Brushes-of-a-Pen-Continue-to-Dismantle The last paragraph: “A few brushes of a pen, some clearly visible through budget requests, others less so through internal machinations, are rapidly destroying what generations have built. We can no longer afford complacency and fear. We must all act now!” ADA's media team said : “The code of conduct ensures that the meeting remains safe, productive, and centered on advancing diabetes science.”

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@stepheneb The ADA media team's response 🤦🏽‍♀️
Jun 6 at 9:48pmWeb
Show threadStephen Bannasch (316 ppm)5d ago

@dbattistella

An authentic interpretation of those goals would have the editorial handed out to everybody by the organizers.

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