michelle b. hoffmann

Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund. Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars). Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science. To what end?

CBS reporter runs straight into a wall as RFK Jr. dismantles her rotavirus fearmongering. RFK Jr.’s smile at the end says it all. He clearly won this exchange. REPORTER: “Before [the rotavirus] vaccine went into use, there were thousands of kids who were hospitalized every year … Do you really want to go back to those times?” KENNEDY: “Well, Rotavirus killed approximately three children a year [in the US]. And I think since the rotavirus vaccine has been recommended, that’s dropped around two children a year. And you’re giving 3 million vaccines. And so to prevent one death, you have to give—” REPORTER INTERRUPTS: “Thousands of hospitalizations, which is serious. Right?” KENNEDY: “Well, if you’re giving 3 million vaccines to prevent one death, then you have to make sure that the vaccines are not causing any damage. And various rotavirus vaccines have been linked to very, very serious and deadly diseases, including intussusception (when one part of the intestine slides into another like a telescope).” REPORTER: “Okay, well, I don’t know that that’s the scientific consensus about the vaccine.” KENNEDY: “It was actually withdrawn because of that.” *Kennedy smiles*

Whether you like Platner or not he is dead right about the remedy for alienation and anger being community and purpose. If being angry as a young man disqualifies you from running for office later as a Democrat, Dems will have basically no men running

A spokesperson told me that "an initial peer review of the draft revealed immediate and significant concerns due to serious data flaws" and that the institution "was unaware this long-rejected and unvalidated draft was being talked about or had somehow been shared."