Well, perhaps we should at least be grateful that the new anti-science czars can’t burn scientists at the stake – at least not yet. They only behave like the Holy Inquisition that banned Galileo from publishing his work. Now government scientists are banned from the three most reputable scientific journals ----Lancet, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine – and “all those other journals” because they’re “all corrupt.”
The new Holy Inquisitor will decide what is scientific truth according to his harebrained ideas of science. Just this week, he blindsided the CDC by stating that Covid vaccines only belong to seniors and, oh, a few health compromised persons. What about health care workers, EMTs, nurses, and doctors who encounter people in ERs and other facilities? Are they just chopped meat?
Now government scientists will write for “in-house” publications, censored by RFK’s ideas of what counts as science. Then there’s the cancellation of Moderna’s bird flu vaccine. That will make raw milk really healthy. Forgot, there’s the scaling back of FDA food inspections. A 9-year old Ohio boy is fighting for his life after being infected with E-coli, but the new regime refuses to name the food product producer. We’re really on the road to making Americas healthy again, aren’t we?
Prayer for the Day
Having given us minds to think and inquire, O God,
Now we are told not to ask too many questions;
Having been provided tools of modern medicine, O Lord,
Now we are cut off by painful new realities.
Turn us around, O Holy One, so we can use the minds given us,
Transforming the landscape of ignorance and folly.
In the name of the One who encourages us to question,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
We use rigorous peer review and editorial processes to ensure the objectivity and reliability of the research we publish. NEJM will continue to focus on publishing scientific breakthroughs to improve the health of Americans and people around the world.
New England Journal of Medicine response
They need the DOJ to enforce the law [on food safety]. “For an executive investing in food safety, the knowledge they could go to jail if they don’t is a really strong motivator.
Sarah Sorscher, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Because as servants of God’s kingdom, you did not rule rightly, or keep the law,
Or walk according to the purpose of God, swiftly and terribly God will come,
Because severe judgment falls on those in high places.
Wisdom of Solomon 6: 4-5
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