Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” Order Gives Politics Control over Public Health and Climate Policy

Trump’s “gold standard science” order gives politics control over public health and climate policy

A new executive order from former President Trump puts political appointees in charge of defining scientific standards in federal agencies, threatening to erode protections meant to shield science from partisan manipulation.David Michaels and Wendy Wagner write for Science.In short:Trump’s executive order lets political appointees override agency scientists, effectively eliminating the safeguards put in place by the Biden administration to prote…

Trump's Gold Standard of Science is all about control

This the second time I've written about it. The first was "Trump's 'Gold Standard' of Science is anything but," when his executive order came out. In that I compared Trump's idea of the scientific method and the real one. There are now two White House...

HHS explains new vaccine recommendations: Is this the “gold standard science” we were promised?

FAQ sent to Congress looks more like fake gold The post HHS explains new vaccine recommendations: Is this the “gold standard science” we were promised? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.