My wife and I are in good health, but neither of us would be alive today without diagnostic, medical, and surgical developments made during our lifetimes. Our country’s commitment to the medical sciences in protecting and improving lives has been a cornerstone of an enlightened society. Until now.
Under the guise of cutting costs, the administration has embarked on institutional attacks that disparage expertise and give credence to conspiracy theories and junk science. RFK Jr. is fulfilling his role as a disrupter and destroyer. Vaccine research programs have been terminated, and some new ones will not be started. Valuable work in progress has been cut off in mid-stream.
Large numbers of federal medical personnel have been fired, and synergistic projects with the nation’s top medical sch