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Mike Shaffer
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Bioinformatics Scientist and Microbiome Researcher
Reposted by Mike Shaffer
If the NIH gets messed up, there is no alternative. Not just in the US, but globally. It is by far the biggest engine of health research in the world. Which is why the idea that US scientists can just do their work elsewhere is a little fanciful.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
March 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great post. Mediation and casual analysis is way harder and more detailed than people want it to be. I get lost thinking about the alternative. Is it better to have acknowledged potential bias in a mediation model or to ignore mediators and only look at direct effects? Is there another alternative?
March 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Mike Shaffer
An entirely reasonable and rational response by non-US scientists (and others) will be to stop coming to the US. These sorts of actions will turn the US into a pariah state, where embassies routinely offer warnings about traveler safety.
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Yeah, don’t think I’ll be travelling to the United States anytime soon!
French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.

Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
March 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reposted by Mike Shaffer
congrats to each of those democrats for voting to nullify article i of the constitution
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I haven't followed any of the science ones because I already have enough work stuff on the timeline.
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM