I am sure that this is right. The NIH doesn’t discover many new drugs themselves (that’s not what they’re set up to do), but the fundamental research they fund is *absolutely crucial* to biomedical progress. Watching Trump and Musk destroy it all is driving me to despair. - ThreadSky

dereklowe.bsky.social • 6 days ago

I am sure that this is right. The NIH doesn’t discover many new drugs themselves (that’s not what they’re set up to do), but the fundamental research they fund is *absolutely crucial* to biomedical progress.

Watching Trump and Musk destroy it all is driving me to despair.

Reposted from Mark Cuban

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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dwightfisher.bsky.social•6 days ago

Isn’t the (supposedly) best medical care in the world why they say we don’t need to make sure everyone can get healthcare? That Medicare for All or similar would destroy our system? Maybe they figure that now we won’t want American healthcare because we’ll be a dumbass backwater of a country?

laurentwada.bsky.social•6 days ago

The people doing most of the research make $20,000/year. When you divide the NIH budget by that salary, you should get an ominous sense of how bad this will be for science.

kellylmaki.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s devastating. They are destroying the crown jewel.

celestialclockwork.bsky.social•6 days ago

Me, too - I am a clinical research professional. What I see and hear every day breaks my heart and infuriates me.

pjobphd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Update your passport.

https://www.downwithtyranny.com/post/trump-musk-and-stalin-vs-expertise-also-pol-pot-hitler-mao-and-every-other-authoritarian-ever

abenowitz.bsky.social•5 days ago

Better to get a second citizenship, if possible

environmicrobio.bsky.social•6 days ago

But they say NIH is falsifying their data. You cannot argue with people who are conspiracy theorists and cherry pick their data.

environmicrobio.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s 99% for drugs 2010-2019. This is not new and the administration knows that. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10148199/

jsrosenblum.bsky.social•6 days ago

And NIH contributed to 100% of the training of scientists who discovered those drugs.

ashjogalekar.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sadly we live in an age when troglodytes need to be told truths that are obvious to the rest of us.

jsrosenblum.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sadly, it's obvious that "the rest of us" are a voting minority and always will be.

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