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Impacts of the 2024 change in US government on ME/CFS and Long Covid

Discussion in 'Other health news and research' started by Jaybee00, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:08 PM.

  1. Jaybee00

    Jaybee00 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Florida surgeon general who warned against vaccines may lead HHS under Trump
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    Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary?
    https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/112639

    Researchers ‘in a state of panic’ after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Trump will hand him health agencies


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    Jaybee00, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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    A truly scary situation for health in the USA.
     
    Trish, Nov 6, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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    Trump’s queasy prescription to ‘make America healthy again’ takes shape

    Trump’s queasy prescription to ‘make America healthy again’ takes shape

    (article written before the election results).
     
    Sly Saint, Nov 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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    Mij Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    As a Canadian, I feel like a nervous neighbour watching a house fire from across the street.
     
    Mij, Nov 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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    rvallee Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    It can be safely assumed that everything LC at HHS will be scrapped next year. Zero chance of any more funding for research, unless the NIH decide to allocate money on their own, which is extremely unlikely. Can't be assumed that there won't be leadership change there and pressure on the NIH to end a lof what they have going on early.

    The odds got from bad to basically zero. It was always mostly chance. Basically worst-case scenario for us, but it probably takes the odds down to 0 from 1-2%. Most first-step discoveries in science are pure chance anyway. They can do the rest, it's the first step they can't manage. It's become very clear that they don't have the motivation for it anyway, so maybe it doesn't change all that much, it just makes it clear that help is not coming any time soon.
     
    rvallee, Nov 6, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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    We have changed the title of the thread to allow posting on the impact of the change of government on ME/CFS and Long Covid.

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    Hutan, Nov 6, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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    Denise, Nov 7, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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