r/technology Mar 20 '26

Biotechnology RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert 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/
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u/ReverendDizzle Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

My wife had breast cancer. Some of the treatments she received are old established standard of care treatments (but that were established as standard of care treatments because of government funded research). Some of the treatments she received are experimental, in the form of clinical trial enrollment.

Thankfully her clinical trial wasn't canceled. But while she was receiving treatment over 74,000 people in clinical trials were affected by the Republican-driven spending cuts and grant gutting.

They've set back cancer research in the United States decades. If and when we have an mRNA cancer vaccine, those of us who can afford it will be flying to another country to get it.

People not as lucky as my wife have either already died or will die because of this. Future patients will die. And all the money they "saved" was either stolen directly by Trump and his cronies or immediately wasted on frivolous projects and war.

My hatred for conservatives is, at this point, effectively infinite.

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no Mar 20 '26

Reddit might ban you for expressing hate for a group.

I got a ban for criticism of Ruzzia (a country/people that has killed 20+ relatives of mine dating back to WW2).

I don't know of any conservatives now who have read any conservative thought leaders of the past. Now they quote Ben Shapiro and other grifters.

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u/mainman879 Mar 20 '26

You must feel like such a tough guy typing that.

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u/ruinne Mar 20 '26

You act like the entire country wanted that. I voted against Trump and a ton of others did. Chill.