Trump Tarnishes Another Pillar Of American Science

[douglas9]

Here we go again with a tug between politics and science, leaving our health hanging in the balance, as well as resentment for leaders who care more for image than public health.

Over the objection of doctors, the Trump administration stunningly told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week that it could no longer regulate laboratory tests. It affects a swath of independent lab tests, including those being developed for coronavirus testing. Then, on Sunday, Trump forced the FDA to approve a minimally-tested treatment for COVID-19 using the blood plasma of recovered patients.

That’s right. The White House is big-footing the professionals at FDA to skip oversight, a move that inevitably will let unregulated, unreliable lab result products and techniques proliferate in a time of the pandemic.


https://www.dcreport.org/2020/08/24/trump-tarnishes-another-pillar-of-american-science/

[Walleye]

1. I get a mental image of the original Godzilla tearing through Tokyo