Thread on need to fight for evidence-based policy - a response to Trump's cabinet picks.
Based on new @bmj.com article by me, @martinmckee.bsky.social & @kentbuse.bsky.social
TLDR: Now is the time to stand up for science, not appease those in power attacking it
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2654 1/14
Based on new @bmj.com article by me, @martinmckee.bsky.social & @kentbuse.bsky.social
TLDR: Now is the time to stand up for science, not appease those in power attacking it
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2654 1/14
Comments
They don't just ignore evidence, they actively reject it. 2/14
Because even the more palatable touted policies (e.g. tackling processed food industry) are based on ideology and/or enrichment and not evidence. 3/14
How do you implement any policy coherently if you ignore evidence on what works? & what is true? 4/14
Musk and others have been targeting Fauci for years. Several others have called for action against universities. RFK Jr has medical journals in his sights. 5/14
This will have consequences far beyond his term. 6/14
....but they could crash the economy!...
Well...that's just called a sale to the extremely wealthy.
Presumably their failure will be misrepresented as success (that will do a lot of the heavy lifting, since disinfo is their thing) and what's left blamed on others.
It’s called the Evidence-Based Policy Making Act (2018).
You can sue the department if they pass regulations without proper process.
https://www.cio.gov/handbook/it-laws/evidence-based-policy-making-act/
That’s obviously not conclusive evidence that he knows what it is, but it might make him more willing to follow his own law.
Keep up your work!
They will do all they can to turn science upside down and discredit evidence and effective treatments. It’s living in their insanity.