They have done the same thing to climate change research. It is all plug your ears and scream LALALALA!!! It will really be too late to do anything about climate change if the Repukes have another four years and the consequences of that will make COVID-19 look like a walk in the park.
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Correction: âThis will get MORE people killed.â
TFIFY.
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Sounds like some Hungarian main dish.
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Youâre thinking of sushi.
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We donât need to get into a stoush over it. And why is Trump having a stoush with NIH scientist? Well thatâs enough.
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Treasonous!
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Headline is confusing - if I understand, the study by EcoHealth Alliance is not linked to the right wing, but might disprove their theory that the virus is an accidental or intentional escaped bio-weapon. On first read this headline suggests that the study was part of a right wing conspiracy theory - which would have made cutting the funding a good thing. But I think I figured out the actual story by reading with the theory in mind that the Trump Administration always does the worst thing possible (that theory works for everything from human rights to national security to international relations to environmental conservation).
Better headlines: âTrump Administration slashes funding for Coronavirus Study that could have Disproved Right-Wing Conspiracy Theoryâ or âTrump Slashes Funding for Coronavirust Study by Independent Group Because Study Conflicted with Right Wing Conspiracy Theoryâ
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Stoush is also a verb.
Just sayinâ.
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Negative commodity pricing! Weâll pay you!
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Yes, I found it so, too, until I saw which research group was involved.
Excellent heuristic.
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Well at least itâs a fair copâŚ
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BBC news says trump cannot imagine why calls to poison hotlines spiked after his comment about injecting disinfectants. âI canât imagine whyâ he said. Asked by a reporter at Mondayâs covid news conference âwhether he took responsibility at all for the increase in calls, Mr trump replied: No, I donât.â
Happy Tuesday folks⌠Iâm gonna go walk the dog and try to regain some equilibrium
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Wasnât there a group within the government that specialized in studying animal to human transfer of diseases? As I recall, it was disbanded. Or so weakened it couldnât do its job.
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Sort of. Itâs more that, in Trump World, ending their funding is more proof of the conspiracy theory. They wont have any facts or care about getting any. Theyâll be citing the cessation of funding as proof in no time. And voilaâŚreelection narrative protected.
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Please change the headline.
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Keep in mind, just because we wonât fund a particular kind of research doesnât mean it wonât get done. It just might get done somewhere else in the world. Thereâs world wide interest in this general subject and if the Trump regime wants to play this political game with scientific investigations, well, it sucks to be us, doesnât it? From todayâs Guardian.
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But there is uncertainty about several aspects of the Covid-19 origin story that scientists are trying hard to unravel, including which species passed it to a human. Theyâre trying hard because knowing how a pandemic starts is a key to stopping the next one.
Face it, weâre disengaging from the rest of the world.
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Well, if you saw the videos secretly taken of those Wuhan markets, youâd probably agree it was disgusting. And, yes, the conditions of much American factory farming are disgusting. I cut out red meat primarily for reasons of cholesterol control, not aesthetics, but an additional reason is the way Trump has been eviscerating the FDAâs authority through self-regulation by the corporations. We know how well that works.
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A more accurate and appropriate headline is âTrump slashes funding for research into origin of Coronavirusâ
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