Max Kozlov

I mean, you might say, oh, did they have to delete the word climate change from this study because otherwise they wouldn't allow it to be published?

I mean, you might say, oh, did they have to delete the word climate change from this study because otherwise they wouldn't allow it to be published?

Yeah, so this was a real head-scratcher when I found out about this. I mean, just astonishing after terminating nearly 100 grants that involve transgender people, all of a sudden they're saying, oh, we do want to fund one. And it's about...

Yeah, so this was a real head-scratcher when I found out about this. I mean, just astonishing after terminating nearly 100 grants that involve transgender people, all of a sudden they're saying, oh, we do want to fund one. And it's about...

Drumroll, it's about regret after transitioning, which the researchers who I spoke with to this story who study trans health, they're like, okay, I mean, that's not a terrible thing to study. Patient satisfaction is an important thing to understand. But the big problematic thing is when you've terminated...

Drumroll, it's about regret after transitioning, which the researchers who I spoke with to this story who study trans health, they're like, okay, I mean, that's not a terrible thing to study. Patient satisfaction is an important thing to understand. But the big problematic thing is when you've terminated...

virtually everything else in the field, and this is the only thing we're studying about trans health, that's what rubbed researchers really the wrong way.

virtually everything else in the field, and this is the only thing we're studying about trans health, that's what rubbed researchers really the wrong way.

And I talked with people who were at the agency for decades, and they say, look, every administration comes in and they're like, okay, for example, President Biden, he wanted more research on cancer, especially with the experience of his late son. or he wanted more research on women's health. It's another thing to go in and say, we want research only about this one specific question.

And I talked with people who were at the agency for decades, and they say, look, every administration comes in and they're like, okay, for example, President Biden, he wanted more research on cancer, especially with the experience of his late son. or he wanted more research on women's health. It's another thing to go in and say, we want research only about this one specific question.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Right now, I think researchers are just scrambling to find any other funding because they're desperate. I mean, there are human lives on the line here. And I think that's a tragedy.

Yeah, yeah. Right now, I think researchers are just scrambling to find any other funding because they're desperate. I mean, there are human lives on the line here. And I think that's a tragedy.

So to see that kind of language coming from HHS, I mean, that's just a slap in the face.

So to see that kind of language coming from HHS, I mean, that's just a slap in the face.

Basically, it's something of a bipartisan issue. In fact, at RFK Jr. 's confirmation hearing, it was a Republican senator that asked him if he planned to support long COVID research, and he answered affirmatively.

Basically, it's something of a bipartisan issue. In fact, at RFK Jr. 's confirmation hearing, it was a Republican senator that asked him if he planned to support long COVID research, and he answered affirmatively.

Fast forward a couple months, and NIH terminated some of the big, big initiatives to study long COVID. And... The long COVID community is like, wait, what the heck? We thought that you supported us. I can't even describe to you the fury and ire that people in this community felt, especially after feeling that the Biden administration also left them out to dry. So...

Fast forward a couple months, and NIH terminated some of the big, big initiatives to study long COVID. And... The long COVID community is like, wait, what the heck? We thought that you supported us. I can't even describe to you the fury and ire that people in this community felt, especially after feeling that the Biden administration also left them out to dry. So...